Disappearing Surface Patterns

[scottk.104155]

When I create a perspective view of the exterior of my model the surface pattern of my brick disappears, because the camera is too far away from the model. Is there any way to override this function to force the pattern to appear? Does making the image size larger help?

Thanks, Scott.

[dhurtubise]

Is the model a drafting one ?

[scottk.104155]

I'm not sure that I understand what that means. What is a drafting model?

[Scott D Davis]

he means: is the pattern a "model pattern" or a "drafting pattern"?

[scottk.104155]

Oh yeah. It is a model pattern. It shows up when you zoom in.

[Gadget Man]

If you think that something is wrong with the pattern, first check if its size is correct - i.e. if this is supposed to be the "76 mm x 220 mm" brick make sure that the bricks represented by this pattern are 76 mm x 220 mm (or close enough).

If it is, and it still disappears, look at this from that side: when you go away from the real building - in the real life - all the details disappear too, as they go smaller and smaller. You can't expect to see them the same from every distance.

The same with the model patterns - as you go further away (change the scale of the drawing) they get smaller and eventually disappear... or turn grey - nothing wrong.

Sorry if I state the obvious but sometimes the most obvious things are the hardest to see - I know, I have been helping the others with REVIT for some time... ;)

[luigi]

As others, including yourself, have mentioned...it is most likely disappearing because of the actual size it is visible in the drawing....if you zoom in and it is visible, then chances are it will print ok...but if you zoom in and you don't see them, then the size of the image (or scale if you will) is too small for the lines of the fill patter to be visible...

If this is the case, does making the image size much bigger help?

Take care,

When I create a perspective view of the exterior of my model the surface pattern of my brick disappears, because the camera is too far away from the model. Is there any way to override this function to force the pattern to appear? Does making the image size larger help?

Thanks, Scott.