"AS UNDERLAY" Darkness Adjustment

[gwnelson]

I want to use halftone plans for Elect, Mech & Struct - all within Revit Architecture. You know, have the plans there & just put simple cheesy graphics on top.

My problem is that the plan As Underlay prints out wayyyyy too light.

I've looked through all the posts & the help file. Someone, maybe David, suggested stacking two copies - that doesn't work for me. There doesn't appear to be a way to change the display settings of Underlay, either.

Is this not the intent of the As Underlay function? Am I better off duplicating the plan & changing the VG to halftone? Something else maybe?

I'm finally making my first CD set after about 4 years of modeling so am on the learning curve once again.

[Scott D Davis]

Sorry, underlay color is hardcoded and can't be changed.

[sbrown]

Don t use half tone, just overide the layers of the dwg to be a dark/med grey color. To do this go to VV and select imported, then expand the layer list, select all the layers then clcik the color box and chose a color that prints well for you. You can do this at the global level using object styles or the View level with VV

[Andre Baros]

Like Scott said, but it would be nice if the Halftone and Underlay setting could be controlled.

[gwnelson]

But I've learned something here:

While "As Underlay" appears to be the quick solution, by simply changing all the model display items to halftone gives me exactly what I want.
Simple, duplicate the view & change VG to halftone.

Not half-a**ed.

[Steve_Stafford]

Fwiw, the "underlay" feature is meant for modelling coordination. It was not created for plotting/printing. That said, it would be nice if we could use it for plotting because it would be quick and "simple".