Underlay color

[Carlos GT]

I have a plan with an underlay view, but I would like to have the underlay elements a little bit darker, I tried to override the color to black, but they did not change, I can override the color though, but the elements still remain in a background color. By the way I am using RAC 2008.

Any thoughts.

[dbaldacchino]

You cannot change the appearance of an Underlay. The workaround is to create an additional view duplicate. Take the one you want as an underlay and apply a phase filter/view filter/override elements so it shows just the way you want. Then drag it onto a sheet and overlay your regular view on it. Revit will infere where they perfectly align (you get a horizontal and vertical "crosshair" and the view snaps to the other).

[bninski720003]

You can change the appearance of the underlay - in 2012 it's under Manage/Additional Settings/Underlay.

see
http://docs.autodesk.com/REVIT/2010/ENU/Revit%20Architecture%202010%20Users%20Guide/RAC/index.html?url=WS1a9193826455f5ff-7c08e89711ec57b47a8-54e4.htm,topicNumber=d0e40859