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NancyHKA

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This is my first project to do in revit, and I've just run across the issue of how to draw the cabinets.  My question to you is, how has everyone else chosen to handle this?  Are you using the cabinets that come with revit and drawing the countertop over them as a seperate entity?  Or have you created your own cabinet families?  Or do you just draw all the cabinets in as detail lines in the floor plan and interior elevation views?  (this would be way too time consuming and autocadd-y, right?)  Is there a way to create a cabinet family of your own that includes countertops without having to draw them seperately?  If people could let me know what they're doing about this, that would be really appreciated.  if you could maybe post the cabinet families you're using, that would be really really appreciated.  thanks so much! 

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I start with the cabinets that are avilable online and adjust those as required.  My countertops are always seperate and either a defined family or an in-place family for special, one-time countertops.

I really don't want to do 2d linework unless I have to but in some cases, 2d families are ok (families with 2d symbollic lines in plan, right/left and front/back views).  The trouble with 2d families is that they will not hide floor or wall surfaces unless they incorporate masking regions.  2D linework drawn in the view is NOT ok because I would have to copy that to each view of the same area. 

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