Revit Siding Lines On Elevations

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Revit siding lines on elevations.

Typical reference elevation labels might include north south east west. New depth cueing feature from revit 2017 changed everything it is now easy to produce beautiful elevations. Greg wheler 25 493 views. For the best effect and better performance ensure that far clipping is specified for the view.

About reference elevations label existing elevations to orient a viewer. In the far clipping dialog select clip without line or clip with line and click ok. Cast shadows immediately give your elevation a sense of depth. I ve searched for the topic and found lots of advice to use bumps to show the corrugated siding.

Remember to use model pattern if you want to show it in 3d too. On the properties palette for far clipping click in the value field. Open a section or elevation view architectural or coordination discipline only. About custom elevation tags develop elevation symbols and names that fit the needs of your organization.

Before we go to the revit detailing tools let us find out how we can represent the siding wall in elevation views. Normal elevations are plotted using hidden line views and we need to show the siding material. This trick is easy. However the default setting is too dark.

For more tips tricks and tutorials on all things revit and bim. We need to create a new material and define the surface pattern. How to control building elevation line weights in revit architecture duration. You can use available horizontal patterns or simply create a new one.

Click lighting on the graphic display option menu and set shadows to 15 instead of 80. This makes the effect more subtle and easier for the eyes. But how can i get it to show properly when viewed in hidden line view.