Graphic Control of Lines in Walls, Roofs and Floor.

[beegee]

Any played with this yet ?

I think its very useful.

[Scott D Davis]

Change the "Structure" layer to a thicker lineweight, and set all the other layers to color 'white', and what do you get? A compound wall which only displays the structural layer. Nice! Wasn't this a wishlist item? Display only the structural layer? (Edit, yep already a Wishlist Pole Here (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=9851&highlight=core+face)) The Red walls below are just 'selected', and then they show all layers.

[iru69]

Yes, very useful!

One of the biggest issues (too often) overlooked in Revit, is graphic line control. It has little to do with actually buildings, or how they're constructed. But one of the most difficult challenges I face in the office environment is how my drawings look according to my peers (read my boss and coworkers). Architects are an extremely finicky bunch when it comes to graphics, and they want things to look how they're used to them looking. Anything that helps "improve" those conflicts makes it that much easier to sell Revit as a tool to getting our work done.

[Joef]

I recall playing with this feature but now I am at a loss where to find it. I looked in the help but I'm not sure what the feature is called. TIA

Joe

[Scott D Davis]

Visibility Graphics, Override Host Layers (lower right corner of dialog)

[Aleksandr Sett]

Bad that these layer it is impossible hide wholly as object :roll:

[Wes Macaulay]

What's odd about this is that it's view-specific right? So you'd have to make a view template to port the 'look' over to other views...

[iru69]

What's odd about this is that it's view-specific right?

That it's view-specific is really helpful. For instance, you may have a finish plan where you want to show wall finishes, and a framing plan where you want to hide the wall finishes.

What willbeone points out is that I don't see how you can make the layer invisible. You can change the color to match your background, white for instance, but when you're using color shading, that doesn't seem to work so well. We need an invisible line type (like in linework) or as willbeone said, just a way to turn it off.

Am I missing something?

[stuntmonkee]

is there a way to default the linework to start every view with. . .lets say the structure thicker, and substrate green and thinner and then the finish light gray and thinner. . .or would you have to set this at every view?

I can see it being helpfull to be able to modify it as view specific, but it there was a default setting it would be nice too.

[iru69]

is there a way to default the linework to start every view with. . .lets say the structure thicker, and substrate green and thinner and then the finish light gray and thinner. . .or would you have to set this at every view?.

I haven't tried it yet, but I think setting it up in one view and then saving it as a view template would take care of that...

[beegee]

Yep, that's the proceedure.