Easy Gutter End Caps in Revit Tutorial

[@TheCuriousOrbs]

Such a simple and elegant solution to a real but unnecessary problem. I'm forever corralling gutter endcaps back into place when gutterlines invariably move during the design process.

[@TheRevitKid]

Woohoo! So glad it helped!

[@megmusgrove]

Total "why didn't I think of that" moment. I have a family I created to stick on there, but this is so much better . . .thanks!!

[@murillopiazzi5174]

BIM god is in the details

[@bimspecialist1800]

I was searching all day today for a parametric cap gutter and now you appear , such a deja vu

[@TheRevitKid]

Haha, awesome!

[@AdvancedSurveys]

Thank you so much, this is absolutely brilliant and so simple!! Amazing!!

[@TheRevitKid]

You got it! So glad it helped!

[@8020BIM]

This is what I use these days - got fed up with the lack of default End Cap families. I now have a little library of end caps to correspond with gutter types 😅I actually included this tip in a video last year but truthfully I had seen it somewhere else a long time ago and couldn't find my source again for reference. Complete Eureka moment when I first saw it! I have also toyed with the idea of potentially having an few adaptive component enc cap families so you can just click the boundary of the gutters but haven't given the idea a test run yet. Keep up the great work Jeff (and Chris) ! Niall

[@TheRevitKid]

Hmm, interesting idea with adaptive. That could work. I could see them blowing up on you if the roof got modified too much... But, worth a look! Cheers!

[@8020BIM]

@@TheRevitKid curiosity killed the cat. I'll have a look this week and see if I can break Revit. Normally doesn't take too much 😅

[@designunlimited6215]

Brilliant!

[@philipchan9297]

Autodesk should just fix this limitation for years!!!

[@StephenCoorlas]

Nice - Thanks!

[@TheRevitKid]

Cheers!

[@wetiot]

Brilliant solution. Thanks

[@zafzaf1053]

Thanks Jeff & Chris, nice one

[@myscape8843]

smart trick!! thank you for sharing!!!

[@TheRevitKid]

Cheers! Thanks for watching!

[@Faber_Nox]

More like this please

[@Faber_Nox]

What about down pipes next, how best to deal with them?

[@Jeremy-wo6gc]

Thanks, Jeff, very useful. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheRevitKid]

You're very welcome!

[@koosalynu710]

Super super cool ! Thanks a lot!

[@TheRevitKid]

Cheers! Glad you enjoyed the tip!

[@kerilyndouwes6808]

Awesome! Thank you

[@carlosmunoz1041]

Very nice Jeff

[@DimeWyldeBilly]

Brilliant. I just made everything solid as I don't really need to see anything but the outside for rendering purposes. Great video!

[@TheRevitKid]

Great idea if you don’t need it in section!!

[@JordanTuckler]

Nice one.

[@arkinimation6394]

Great post

[@mariomalaga75]

Muchas gracias, está muy bien este truco.

[@PaulAubin]

Very cool.

[@TheRevitKid]

Cheers, Paul!

[@Vanderloo5]

That's waay cool! But don't you all think the out of the box gutters should cap automatically? Or have an option for a cap?

[@TheRevitKid]

Of course! There are a lot of things that SHOULD work ne way... but, at least we have a workaround ! haha

[@davidlarson242]

I've been doing it this way for years

[@Architivist_]

Wow

[@CandleGuyFX]

Lol, that's what I've done since 2014, perhaps I should start a KZbin channel 🤔. I watched your BAD open house and heard you mentioned the gutter end cap; I wanted to see if you had a better solution than the one I had because you usually have some great stuff but it turns out we had the same solution 😁🙈.

[@TheRevitKid]

Great minds think alike. ;)

[@karlcorrz]

Nice

[@MrRocolux]

Hey! thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, I would like to know what kind of screen you use in your workspace. Maybe a video showing your bim workspace wouldn't be bad. I am going to wait for it.

[@TheRevitKid]

Cheers! The screen you are seeing in this video is a Viewsonic 27" 2K monitor...

[@MrRocolux]

@@TheRevitKid Thank you for your answer!

[@JavierOropeza08]

I wish autodesk would let us use the split command on gutters!

[@TheRevitKid]

My guess is that it very low on their priority list… but I don’t disagree lol

[@ArisBasa]

Nice hack!

[@TheRevitKid]

Cheers!

[@RB-mz4fc]

Hi Jeff, hope you see this question.....please could you kindly tell me what your graphic display settings are for when the screen record starts of the model at around 1:42?? I cannot get mine to look like that?! lol - many thanks Jeff if you can help!! Rob :-)

[@MrBondarrr]

Это конечно все хорошо, но нужна достойная передача семейств в макс, чтобы у них была легко редактируемая сетка.

[@willenribeiro1010]

what about that section that the gutters cross? how to fix that?

[@TheRevitKid]

If you mean the inside corner, simply make sure the two gutters are made at the same time (as in, don't close out of the picking of edges) and it will clean nice. THise example is messy because I had a lot of phasing and demolition going on in that corner.

[@petarppenchev]

Aha! = )

[@samplumbe3288]

I am quite new to Revit and just find the need for work around like this infuriating. As a builder I just don't understand why on earth the software can't just use components to make up gutter systems in a parametric fashion using manufacturers components so you can then get a take off list and price list for what you actually need. Drops, corners, end caps, bends etc. Stretch the roof and it just adds the right number of components etc The take off would then allow for off cuts as well knowing you need to buy a full length and cut it down.

[@TheRevitKid]

Hey thanks for watching! I can understand your frustration, for sure... but, I can also understand why this isn't as simple as you may think. Think about how many gutter cut sheets there are out there... how many types, manufacturers, styles, etc... It would be a challenge to choose just ONE to build into the system for this purpose.... It is a similar issue with MEP fabrication parts... In the end, I do agree that the gutter tool itself could be more robust, haha!