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    The architect is using a filled region to indicate areas of the building that are outside the scope of our project on the plans. It creates a light gray shading over these areas. We are having a problem on our plans where the ductwork that is being shaded does not show as dashed for ducts running underneath other ducts. See the attached screenshot to see what I mean.

    Has anyone come up with a solution to this before? I've tried using a crosshatch pattern instead of the solid fill, but it doesn't look right when it is printed out.
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    Default Re: out of scope hatching

    does changing the field region from opaque to transparent do anything?

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    Set to opaque it covers up all of the ductwork, so we have it on transparent. But even on transparent it blocks the dashed lines showing ducts under other ducts. There is also the option to set it to transparent in V/G but this makes it disappear completely.

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    Default Re: out of scope hatching

    I was able to get the hidden lines to appear using diagonal crosshatch set to transparent...but like you say, it just doesnt look right.
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    Default Re: out of scope hatching

    Yeah it's only a problem with "solid fill" but the hatching just looks terrible when you print it out so I know the architect isn't going to want to go there.

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    Default Re: out of scope hatching

    I checked if I could replicate this error, in 2010 the error does not occur, however in 2011 and 2012 the error does occur, so the good news is its a New Feature.

    I would suggest it may be related to the change in display in 2011, when they added realistic and the like to the graphic display options. Looks like a bug to me
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    Default Re: out of scope hatching

    This is driving me crazy! I thought I came up with something: make the hatch in CAD and then import it into Revit with the CAD symbol high in elevation above the ductwork. This works for the ductwork but covers up everything on the architectural background.

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