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    Default Floor tile not hiding behind toilet & sink

    I know there's simple answer to this, but
    I can't figure it out. Please see
    attached tile.

    both toilet and sink are 3d components
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    Default Re: Floor tile not hiding behind toilet & sink

    The 3D visiblity is turned off in the plan view for these families (there is just 2D linework - symbolic lines being displayed in plan). Open the families and turn visibilty back on. Save and reload into your project.

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    Default Re: Floor tile not hiding behind toilet & sink

    This is usually the case when a 3D DWG has been imported to represent the plumbing fixture. I typically load a detail component that contains filled regions to represent these in plan. This way you can avoid the excess linework included in a 3d dwg import polymesh.

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    Default Re: Floor tile not hiding behind toilet & sink

    Quote Originally Posted by archjake
    The 3D visiblity is turned off in the plan view for these families (there is just 2D linework - symbolic lines being displayed in plan). Open the families and turn visibilty back on. Save and reload into your project.

    thanks archjake, that worked.
    why does'nt it just default that way? just a thought.

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    Default Re: Floor tile not hiding behind toilet & sink

    It is set this way so revit doesn't have to calculate the hidden line removal for every toilet and piece of furniture you place. You'll notice your regen times increase dramatically if you have numerous 3d items turned on in plan. Do a search for "lightweight 3d families".
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    Default Re: Floor tile not hiding behind toilet & sink

    Quote Originally Posted by mmolina
    why does'nt it just default that way? just a thought.
    They don't have to be this way. The person(s) that created the content created it that way. The key with using components is that in the creator's way of thinking, and using, these worked just fine. ( a lot of these components have been done by the factory, and a lot by other users in their method of practice. i.e. You may even load a wall based furniture/plumbing component that flexes, but as it works fine on a 8"/25cm wall it may not work fine on a 12"/40cm wall (it happened to me)...the fault lies with the creator, but for him/her it might have worked just fine)
    I have opened and modified most of the furniture and plumbing fixtures the way I would like to use them and saved them in my library (most of the times, when I am not in a hurry)

    The key is that sometimes the geometry is imported from ACAD (as Mr. Spot already mentioned) and the 3d view from plan is awful. So you hide it, create the 2d lines in the plan view that are used as a symbol and that's it. I try not to use those components, for I almost always have my furniture's 3d visible in plan.
    If you don't care about 3d views (believe it or not, some don't need it in 3d) you could use a lightweight furniture component (terminology first posted by Aaron, his truly) where a component containing the filled region of the furniture with lines and inserted in a furniture family. The procedure isn't long, but once you have a library of these 2d furniture, you could use them when a 3d view isn't required (i.e. construction documents they would not be necessary)
    Last edited by luigi; 2005-06-03 at 08:29 PM. Reason: lightweight, not very light

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