Configuring Visibility Graphics

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Now it's time to make sure we can see the bars and the views we want.

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We do this by setting the visibility graphics as well as the actual visibility states of the physical bars themselves.

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In this segment, I'd like to configure the visibility graphics as well as which views we can and cannot see our Rebars in.

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Okay, in Revit, open the model you've been working.

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Go to my peer one plan detail.

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I'm going to zoom in and I'm going to select the peer, not the Rebar, but the actual peer.

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I'm going to select my peer.

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Notice that they both light up blue.

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Now on my View panel, I'm going to click on the "Selection Box" button.

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It's going to orient it to a 3D view.

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I'm going to hit "Escape" a couple of times.

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I'm going to zoom into it.

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There we go.

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It's pretty cool.

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Okay, I go back to my peer one plan detail.

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Now hold down the "Control" key.

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I'm going to pick a window like this around this rebar.

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With the Control key still held down, I'm going to pick one like this around this rebar.

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Now let's scroll down until we find View visibility states.

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Let's click "Edit" here.

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Now let's make sure our 3D View, it's viewed unobscured and viewed as solid.

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I think our elevation south will do the same for you unobscured.

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Let's click "OK".

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Now, let's go back to our 3D view.

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I'm going to set the detail level to Fine, the visual style to Realistic.

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Now, we can see our bars unobscured and as a solid.

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Let's go back to our peer one plan detail.

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Hit "Escape" a couple of times.

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In our properties under Visibility Graphic Overrides, let's click "Edit".

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Let's scroll down until we find structural Rebar.

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For the patterns, let's click "Override".

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For the pattern, I'm going to go with solid fill.

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For the color, I'm going to go black.

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Click "OK".

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Click "OK". Click "Apply".

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Click "OK".

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Now see we can show our rebar as basically solid lines.

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Excellent. Okay, so you have the model.

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You're all set. That's how you control visibility states of rebar.