Cut Opening

Create and manage MEP and structural openings in Autodesk® Revit® with ease
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For better coordination and big time savings, use this advanced BIM software to instantly create and modify even very large numbers of opening elements at clash points in Revit models – e.g., where ducts, pipes, cable trays and conduits intersect walls, floors, roofs, ceilings, beams or columns.

Takes projects to the next level

Easily insert and schedule openings with all relevant information.

Saves time and effort

Populate your projects with openings in just a few clicks.

Ensures consistency, avoids mistakes

Openings are placed everywhere they should be. And always kept up to date.

Save opening configurations for use by multiple users

Save opening configurations for use by multiple users

Consistently produce openings. Exactly as your company needs them.

Copies information from MEP and structural elements into openings

Copies information from MEP and structural elements into openings

Easily find systems (and their information) that pass through openings.

Opening approval process

Opening approval process

Conveniently track the approval status of openings.

Customizable opening elements

Customizable opening elements

Modify openings with fireproofing, insulation and other details.

Supports IFC format

Supports IFC format

Insert openings for MEP elements – be they Revit or IFC files.

Client stories.

Vestack’s greentech building revolution incorporates Agacad tools

In a drive to disrupt the construction industry with cost-effective environmentally friendly building solutions, this innovative Paris-based ‘green technology’ company says it has found big value in several AGACAD add-ins for Revit®.

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AMV House thanks Agacad for efficiency and customization gains in its prefab timber homes

This Estonian producer of timber element buildings says Agacad's wood framing, clash detection and other BIM software for Revit® has strengthened the competitive advantages that are fuelling its Northern European expansion.

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NIRAS A/S: “Agacad's Cut Opening software supports our Lean BIM processes”

After achieving impressive efficiency gains for its building operations in Denmark, this leading Scandinavian engineering consultancy now plans to use Agacad's Cut Opening tool for BIM projects of many types worldwide.

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Client stories.

Mott MacDonald: “With Cut Opening we can achieve the best outcomes for our clients”

Mott MacDonald’s Sydney team achieved outstanding results for a major infrastructure project by using Agacad's Cut Opening software to design penetration holes in the Revit® models.

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Client stories.

What clients say: Cut Opening makes coordination easy

Since Agacad began developing software for Revit in 2007, users have given us a lot of feedback in many forms. Here we share a collection of written comments we’ve received over the years from clients working on building projects all over the world.

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Included toolsets

Cut Opening

Automates the cutting of holes at clash points in Revit

Sort Mark

Batch numbers and marks Revit elements

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Access all product trials in the ARKANCE Dock UI.

Compatibility

This software is compatible with Autodesk® Revit® 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021

System requirements

Operating systems: 64-bit versions of Windows 10 (for all versions), Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 (for version 2019 only)

Easy to get started

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[03:11] Using the Dock to get and activate tools [03:55] Creating openings for MEP from a linked architectural model [05:55] Pipe openings, offsets for various diameters and system types [07:51] Openi...
Insert penetration holes in Revit for MEP and structural models (linked files, too). Also covers fire safety components.   [2:23] Setting configurations [6:49] Running Interference Check [9:47]...
Making holes for MEP services in Revit can be done very fast using our Cut Opening plug-in. It can also auto-insert fire safety elements. .
How to manage openings and fire safety components in Revit.   [2:29] Insert simple openings [7:24] Insert openings with fire details [13:30] Numbering fire boards & collars with unique Mark...

Openings for doors and windows

We just released a new Cut Opening version with lots of new features. Some of them were implemented together with our customers from NIRAS and Mott MacDonald teams.

Modifying opening families

The advent of 3D design and BIM put a new spin on MEP coordination: resolving clashes between elements in a model instead of lines in a drawing. While MEP engineers working in 2D have to imagine...

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