Transparent filled regions in revit....

[czoog]

Actually, maybe this should be a wish list item in its own right but what would be really good would be to have two section types, presentation sections and working sections. I can end up with 20 sections through a building only two or three of which get worked up and it would be great to switch all the reference ones off at the switch of a visibility setting.

ooo... good one. I also have entire too many sections that i have to manually hide when working on a project. add that to wishlist

[Steve_Stafford]

It was and is my wish that elevations and sections are by default only visible (hidden in other views so you can select them still) in the view it was created in and you must check an option to make is visible elsewhere. Posted in the past...

[Martin P]

Actually, maybe this should be a wish list item in its own right but what would be really good would be to have two section types, presentation sections and working sections. I can end up with 20 sections through a building only two or three of which get worked up and it would be great to switch all the reference ones off at the switch of a visibility setting.

I have posted a similar wish for ref planes, grids etc - all of which can have different types, but very annoyingly you cant control the visibilty of them by type. I find the same with levels I end up right clicking almost all of them to switch them off, just to keep the few I want to see. And I have types of levels ie Ceilings, floors, dimensional ties, DPC etc etc all set up..... At the moment you can create different types of section, but you cant control the visibilty by type. Now that I think about it the same thing should apply to dimensions, text notes, etc etc - all should be able to have the visibility controlled by their type, I personally would find that extremely useful, and all it would take would be an expansion in the visibility dialogue box. - I have also been thinking that now there are quite a few ways to control the display of objects already, a "Reset all visibility to on" option is becoming more necessary - this would kill all the settings for visibility off, and display ALL phases including Demo......

Wow, that was a big post I'll paste into the wishlist too

[sbrown]

great idea, I'll give it a try, but whats the diff. between creating it with a second section marker or creating it with a 2nd elevation marker, the elevation marker will only have to be hidden in plans while the section will have to be hidden in plans, sections and elevations.

So good idea but I'm not sure it will save time.

[jeanne d'arc]

Hi Martin,
i have tried a couple of times to follow your instructions, but I dont get my filled region transparent on the sheet. what property of the region fill did you use? i used solid and have chosen a color which i expected to show in a transparent way. didnt though.. what could i be doing wrong?
thanks for any additional explanation

[sbrown]

Jean,
did you remember to make the view (with the regions) wireframe?

[beegee]

Probably everyone (but me ) figured this out already, but.....

If you have a linked or imported drawing, you can draw a filled region over the top and then select wireframe, and you get the "transparent" fill without the work-arounds needed when dealing with a model.

Can be useful sometimes.

[Martin P]

Hi Martin,
i have tried a couple of times to follow your instructions, but I dont get my filled region transparent on the sheet. what property of the region fill did you use? i used solid and have chosen a color which i expected to show in a transparent way. didnt though.. what could i be doing wrong?
thanks for any additional explanation

Solid is the only one that doesnt work with this method Try creating a custom hatch with a very tight crosshatch, that should do it?

[jeanne d'arc]

a-ha! pfui, thanks God - i was already questioning my intellegence
so, ONLY Solid fill doesnt behave..ok!
thanks, it IS a very important tip = especially for the sections!

[gregcashen]

I have to say, this is the best website in the world! I remembered this thread but could not put together why I would need to do this...until today. I had to display a filled region on a site plan...so I looked up "transparent filled region" in the search, read this thread and, voila! This is a great tip. Now that I know about it, I will use it more often.

Total non sequiter post, I'm afraid.