area plans and colour fill with furniture

[Michelle Gibson]

I've completed area plans (rentable) and assigned colour fill for the purposes of presenting to a client. Works great.

Two questions. I have inserted lots of components and families such as millwork, filing cabinets etc... and want to know why the fill does not go over some objects (ie. filing cabinet and special equipment stays white) and yet goes over things like my millwork.

Second question - I have the same filing cabinet inserted all over the floor plans on a two storey building. Colour fill blanks them out on the main floor plan and I don't see them. Exactly opposite on the second floor.

How come?

[Tom Dorner]

The color fill display with components will depend on how the component was created with respect to the visibility display. For example some of your furniture may have the work surface set to display in plan/RCP so it is in effect blocking you from seeing the color fill which is below it at floor level. Your millwork may have a different visibility setting and use symbolic linework instead to display on plan view.

The file cabinets should be consistent in their display provided you have the same view setting like HL or WF.

HTH

Tom

[gibson.tim91884]

I have inserted lots of components and families such as millwork, filing cabinets etc... and want to know why the fill does not go over some objects (ie. filing cabinet and special equipment stays white) and yet goes over things like my millwork.

Just a guess: some of the components show the masses in the plan representation while others use linework. Try changing the display to wireframe to see if that works...

No idea about your second question though.

[Michelle Gibson]

I checked that and there is no difference between visibility settings on either sheet. When I turn off the colour fill on the floor plan that does not show the filing cabinet, I still cannot see the cabinet.

I am stimmied...

[Michelle Gibson]

Another comment that might help. when i go to my floor level one, the cabinet shows up. when i go to the area plan for that level, it does not. some of the other components I installed - a piano and some stacking chairs, are also not visible while others are. Is it anything to do with a cut plane or something?

Second floor still displaying everything correctly!

[sbrown]

Its not the visibilty of the view, its the visibilty within the various families. some have solids visible in plan, so they "hide" what is below them, ie floor hatches, color fills) Some just have symbol lines, so they dont' hide anything. Just open up the families, select the solid and then visibiltiy, and see what it is set too.

[Michelle Gibson]

SD
thanks, but it is the exact same filing cabinet that is inserted on both floors. why show on one area plan and not the other?

[sbrown]

try saving the one view as a view template, then apply that view template to the problem view.

[gibson.tim91884]

Is the file small enough to post, or can you remove some of the model and post a reduced version with the same problem?

[Michelle Gibson]

what's the limit on file size to post? I don't see it anywhere...

[Michelle Gibson]

third attempt to attach the file. How do you get a drawing down small enough to fit anything at all? I need to send the rvt but it is 12mb and we can only post 1.9 - not possible!

[sbrown]

the subscription center can handle up to 250mb, so post it there. Or just copy/paste a small part of your file into a blank file and upload here.