How do I display ONLY demolished structures?
In the current construction, I have floors, with slopes and different nooks, bordered by walls, various plinths protrude from the floor. Part of the space will be demolished and new structures will be created there. I use only two phases - existing and new. Some elements are demolished whole (demolition phase set to "new state"), some parts of the floor is cutted through the void family. Phases work, show existing + demolished is displayed correctly, show existing + new too, show only new I see correctly too .
But I need to show JUST demolished elements, hide everything else. And this is where I came across it strangely. The element that is completely demolished is displayed correctly (wall, floor, beam, whatever). But if I'm demolishing only part of the element by the void family, that's the problem. The demolished part of the wall is still displayed correctly. But not the floor. I can't see the demolished part of the floor. Even if the wall and the floor are trimmed by the same void family, the relevant part of the wall will appear in the "cut only" view, but the floor will not.
this is what it looks like Existing + Demolition, that's fine
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Why not just do this via a rule-based filter applied to the View? Or are you also interested in using Phase Graphic Overrides? I mean, it seems this would be unnecessary since nothing else is displayed in the View.
Thats exactly what i did, and thats the point. Floors, walls, beams which was demolished whole (their "Phase Demolished" set to "New Construction" appears on that view. But when i cut part of model with void family, i see cutted parts of walls, but not the cuts of floors and beams, even they are cutted with one void family.
Forget about Phase Filters. Just isolate the elements you want to show in the View and, if you want them to display differently, Override Graphics in View By Element or By Category or By Filter. Bada Bing! No?
I know that when I link a DWG I can select to make in visible just in the actual view or all of them. Is it possible to make it visible in a few of them? My only approach would be to rename it once pro view and import it several times. I know I can control VG for each view in order to make it invisible, but it is a 3D model and it would give me extra visibility problems.
My advice is to create another Revit file and dump all the CAD into this container Revit file. Place the CAD link as current view. You don't need to create levels. Simply duplicate level 1 & name them CAD - Level 1, Level 2 and etc. When you link the Revit file into the current model, you simply choose linked view & select the number of CAD file you want. This works great if you have multiple discipline that still using AutoCAD & you can use it as to collaborate. Great thing about the external Revit file is you can call up the view in multiple views without copying the same CAD objects.
You can super impose multiple CAD plan in one view. However the Link by view will only take that particular view. So you have to setup all the CAD link visibility in the Revit file inorder to function. Also if you set the CAD link to current view only, it will show up in that view. So when you link the Revit into the main model, you have to constantly call up the link view. Alternatively you can set it to Revit link and check off the current view. The issue you will get is the model object will hide the CAD portion.
This is a brilliant approach - if only Revit would honour the 'by linked view's crop region. We were provided a 4x4 grid of floor plans and the floor plan crop region was used to single them out. Unfortunately, this is not passed through to the import project's new host model.
If you go with the linked Revit model as a container for DWGs you'll end up with duplicate Level lines on your elevations, so go back into the linked model and Duplicate the Level type with a new name for this type, save the model, and reload the link in your actual project. Then go through this process of building a filter and applying it to the elevation you need: Hiding Specific Level Markers in Revit Applying Technology to Architecture (wordpress.com)
Background, I work in infrastructure as a Landscape Architect in Revit and deal a lot with DWGs from engineers - I personally prefer to put their dwgs in a "container" dwg revit file for large projects and link via view from my "working revit file" but I wonder if this the still preferred approach? I work on projects that span multiple years and precincts and have found this works really well, but reviewing my processes to ensure they are up to date.
Once you get your 2nd quarter updated CAD file, you go into your revit file and reload from new folder location. You can do this even if the new file is named something else by client, example civil 50%, your revit will still link it. which is nice because once you setup your linked file VG settings or colors, it will remain the same, unless new layers were introduced.
Thank you for your explanation - I'm guessing it comes down to file size, I often have multiple CAD files I need for background information (think railway lines, carpark lines, survey information, turning circles etc), if I have these CAD files in a separate Revit container file just for DWGs I can still do all the things you talk about with VG and maintain overrides but keep my file size down and just link via view to multiple views that I need it for. I am using ACC, worksets and all those good things already, but file size is problematic and it often not my model that is the problem it is due to CAD files in the model, so I've been putting the heavy CAD files (which isn't my discipline information) in a revit dwg container file and link via view, and then other consultants I'm collaborating with and linking my information can decide if they want those CAD files as well and can also link direct back to the "revit dwg container".
This is an old workflow established circa 2014 and rehashed again in 2022 and I'm questioning if it is still a sensible way to do things. I don't want to add a heap of extra work breaking down received CAD files every week with the BIM file sharing protocols and I should add the CAD files in the Revit container are live linked and automated to update weekly.
A new error seems to have crept into my software today, I can't view textures (revit or enscape) in the enscape program window. Things like, brick, grass, metals, etc, all show as their basic colors but no texture. Weirdly, the glass elements become transparent. Attached is a screenshot of the revit window and associated enscape window.
As I've mentioned in another thread, my company is trialling Revit architecture for drawing up the houses in on a development. Due to the short deadline and only having three of us with Revit licenses and training we had to have other people draw the Bathroom and Kitchen details in CAD.
When I link the CAD in a floor plan view the drawing comes in but without the paperspace title block and when I link the Cad in a sheet I only get the title sheet (no drawing within it.) Am I going about this all wrong?
First off, forget the Titleblock. Trust me you do not want to even consider Linking a DWG's Titleblock into Revit. Let Revit take care of the Titleblock since it's far superior to AutoCAD's. If you need to utilize the DWG Link as a floorplan, go to the View and simply Link it in. Pay attention to the options on the dialog. Always uncheck the "Correct lines that are slightly off axis" option so you don't have to deal with additional issues. To the far left of the Link Dialog Box there's a "Current View Only" checkbox. I use this a lot... because most of the time if I have to use a DWG, I only want it in that View so it doesn't become a visibility issue for the rest of my model. If I need it in another View, I can copy/paste to any other View I want or simply duplicate it which manages my DWG links so much better. The rest are straight forward.
Once it's Linked, if you go to Visibility/Graphics > Imported Categories Tab, you will notice the DWG file is now available. Expand the DWG name and you'll now have access to all the Layers. This is where you can edit the Layers to be On/Off, Lineweights, Patterns or even Halftone (screened). If this DWG will be an actively authored file, there is no automatic updating notification like AutoCAD does with XREF's, so you'll have to remember to open the Manage Links dialog and Reload the file periodically or when you know there's been an update to the file.
If I understand your question correctly, you are trying to get the CAD on a sheet. After linking it into a view, put that view on a sheet just like you would for any other views. I never tried linking a .dwg to a sheet and I find it interesting that Revit automatically knows to put a layout on it. I wonder what happens if there is more than one layout.
Only one layout per CAD file. We did get one bathroom modelled and used a curtain wall to replicate the tiles (to make life difficult we have to set out tiles and then set out the basins and toilet on grout line) but with the time constraints we couldn't do them in time.
Something worth trying. We have someone who used Revit for planning purposes so flat layouts and external ele's other than that we've had the 3 day essentials course. The tiles are rectangular rather than square, would that be a problem for a patten?
Ah, gotcha. I'm still not completely understanding exactly what you're needing to do, but Pattern's are the equivalent to Hatch's in AutoCAD. You can apply Patterns to any wall so it's "tiled" in your View. Remember you can distinguish a Pattern for the Face of an object, or the Cut of an object.
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