I am trying to create a ball valve that looks like the following:
To get the filled in portion, I created a detail family with a fill. All appears to be well, until I load the family into a project. Then the detail family disappears - no ball is seen. I've triple checked all the view settings and everything appears to be in order. The lines remain, but the filled ball is gone. This happens when I am looking from the floor plan view.
If I look at the valve from an elevation, rotating the valve to see it properly, the filled ball is back.
If I change the family type from Pipe Accessories to something else, for example, Duct Accessories, the filled ball appears as it should.
If I insert this family into a Mechanical Equipment family, then insert into the project, all appears as it should.
Is there a reason that Pipe Fittings and Pipe Accessories do not show detail components in plan views?
I'm using Revit 2014 and I've attached the valve family in question.