Originally Posted by
gordon.price
Two things here. One is that I have found Phases to be a bad thing to abuse to get a graphic look. We tried this once where we wanted to show a little series of phased construction images, foundations, then structure, then walls, then roofs. We made phases, did the graphics, and didn't change the phases back (on the off chance we needed those graphics again) and had no end of problems later. So I suggest not using Phases for anything BUT phases.
And that said, the better answer is Filters. Create a new Filter that includes walls, floors, ceilings, roofs, columns, whatever you want to poche in plan OR section. Don't set any Filter Rules, as you want the filter to grab ALL of items in the selected categories. Add the filter to the view, and override the cut pattern with a grey solid fill. Now all your walls, roofs, ceilings, floors,stairs etc will poche in section. Use the same filter on a plan view to pretty it up.
MUCH better than abusing phases, and it works in a project where you are actually doing remodel work.
Best,
Gordon