Curb and parking lot question

[Dave Lewis]

ok if I draw my parking lot as a 4" floor slab and my curbs as 6" high concrete walls how do I turn off the parking lot and curbs in all my building plans and sheets
I understand how to turn off parking striping or plants but if I turn off floors my building floor will disappear also

[HawkeyNut]

You cannot create sub-groups for walls, and I'm pretty sure not for floors either. That would help you turning one off and not the other. I would suggest not using floors and walls to create a parking lot.

If your site is relatively flat, I would suggest using the slab tool and an in-place sweep for your curbs. If your site is not flat, you can use the split-region tool. Unfortunately you will not be able to create a curb following a complex 3D path...

[dhurtubise]

Use filter to control wich one you turn off.
Or use Workset

[patricks]

In the past I have used worksets, with a Site workset for the sidewalks and everything. But now you can use the filter tool to control site floor slab visibility. I also use a slab edge profile for all my curbs and gutters. It makes curb creation extremely quick and easy.

[Dave Lewis]

pls explain filters
I have no idea how to use them

I don't see the difference between a floor and a slab
they both are called a floor
I first did a floor and changed the family to concrete slab 4"

[dhurtubise]

Filter are a way to manage objects visibility using a parameter. They are view specific but can be define in multiple view.

[Scott D Davis]

pls explain filters
I have no idea how to use them

I don't see the difference between a floor and a slab
they both are called a floor
I first did a floor and changed the family to concrete slab 4"
There is no difference between a floor and a slab. They are both made with the floor tools. It is just a name difference.

[Dave Lewis]

a guy in my office has had me do a toposurface and a sub region to make my parking lot. Its working for now but I still would like to be able to do filters.
Can someone please explain how the filters work.
He did not know.

[Scott D Davis]

I'm all for using these forums for questions, and we all here do as much as we can to help answer as many questions as possible. But I must say, some questions can easily be answered by using the Help files in Revit. I hit F1, went to the Index tab, typed in Filters, and found a complete explanation on how they work.

In the future, I would respectfully request you first try:


Help in Revit...if that fails, then
Search AUGI forums for similar topics...if that doesn't yield results, then
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