Modifying the visibility graphic overrides

00:01

MARTHA HOLLOWELL ORCUTT: Modifying Visibility Graphic

00:03

Overrides for Revit Links.

00:06

In this video, we're going to look

00:08

at two different ways you can modify the visibility of Revit

00:11

links in a project.

00:13

First, we will unload a link, and then we

00:16

will change the visibility of the link.

00:20

I'm working in the small medical center in the 3D HVAC view.

00:25

I can tell that there are architectural and structural

00:28

elements in this view.

00:29

They display in gray because I'm in a mechanical view.

00:34

When I hover over one of them, you

00:36

can see that they are in a linked Revit model.

00:40

When I click on it, you can see the contents of that model.

00:44

Here is the architectural link.

00:48

And here is the structural link.

00:51

Let's check these out now in the Manage Link dialog box.

00:56

In the Manage tab, I'm clicking Manage Links.

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You can see that there are two links, one for architectural

01:03

and one for structural.

01:06

If I didn't want these links to display in the entire project,

01:11

I could unload them.

01:13

Unload turns off the linked model in the project

01:17

but does not remove it from the project.

01:20

I can reload them, so I'm going to click OK.

01:25

This can cause some problems with spaces,

01:27

as you can see from the warning.

01:29

I'm going to click OK again.

01:33

And OK.

01:35

So there are no links visible in the 3D view.

01:39

When I switched to a plan view, the linked models

01:42

don't display here either.

01:46

I'm going to go back into Manage Links and reload both of them.

02:02

And as you can see, they are both in my plan view and my 3D

02:11

view.

02:16

Now I want to change the visibility

02:19

of the structural link only in the plan view,

02:22

and the grids are in the structural model.

02:25

In this case, I need to use visibility graphic overrides.

02:30

In the View tab on the Graphics panel,

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I'm clicking Visibility Graphics.

02:35

I could also type in the shortcut vv or vg.

02:40

You will notice that there is a tab for Revit Links.

02:44

This only shows up when there are links in a project.

02:49

When I click on the tab, you can see

02:51

that both my Revit links display and there

02:54

are options to change the visibility

02:56

and graphic overrides.

02:58

First off, if you want to turn off

03:00

the visibility of an entire link,

03:03

you just uncheck it, like I'm doing here

03:06

for the structural link.

03:08

The other choices are half tone, which sets the entire length

03:12

to half tone, and the underlay, which

03:15

sets the link to half tone and will not

03:17

obscure new lines and edges you place in the project.

03:21

It also prohibits you from tagging objects in the link.

03:25

Display settings are the subject of the next videos.

03:29

For now, let's click OK.

03:31

And you can see that the structural model

03:33

has been turned off as the grids are no longer displaying.

03:37

But when we return to the 3D view,

03:40

the structural link still displays.

Video transcript

00:01

MARTHA HOLLOWELL ORCUTT: Modifying Visibility Graphic

00:03

Overrides for Revit Links.

00:06

In this video, we're going to look

00:08

at two different ways you can modify the visibility of Revit

00:11

links in a project.

00:13

First, we will unload a link, and then we

00:16

will change the visibility of the link.

00:20

I'm working in the small medical center in the 3D HVAC view.

00:25

I can tell that there are architectural and structural

00:28

elements in this view.

00:29

They display in gray because I'm in a mechanical view.

00:34

When I hover over one of them, you

00:36

can see that they are in a linked Revit model.

00:40

When I click on it, you can see the contents of that model.

00:44

Here is the architectural link.

00:48

And here is the structural link.

00:51

Let's check these out now in the Manage Link dialog box.

00:56

In the Manage tab, I'm clicking Manage Links.

00:60

You can see that there are two links, one for architectural

01:03

and one for structural.

01:06

If I didn't want these links to display in the entire project,

01:11

I could unload them.

01:13

Unload turns off the linked model in the project

01:17

but does not remove it from the project.

01:20

I can reload them, so I'm going to click OK.

01:25

This can cause some problems with spaces,

01:27

as you can see from the warning.

01:29

I'm going to click OK again.

01:33

And OK.

01:35

So there are no links visible in the 3D view.

01:39

When I switched to a plan view, the linked models

01:42

don't display here either.

01:46

I'm going to go back into Manage Links and reload both of them.

02:02

And as you can see, they are both in my plan view and my 3D

02:11

view.

02:16

Now I want to change the visibility

02:19

of the structural link only in the plan view,

02:22

and the grids are in the structural model.

02:25

In this case, I need to use visibility graphic overrides.

02:30

In the View tab on the Graphics panel,

02:33

I'm clicking Visibility Graphics.

02:35

I could also type in the shortcut vv or vg.

02:40

You will notice that there is a tab for Revit Links.

02:44

This only shows up when there are links in a project.

02:49

When I click on the tab, you can see

02:51

that both my Revit links display and there

02:54

are options to change the visibility

02:56

and graphic overrides.

02:58

First off, if you want to turn off

03:00

the visibility of an entire link,

03:03

you just uncheck it, like I'm doing here

03:06

for the structural link.

03:08

The other choices are half tone, which sets the entire length

03:12

to half tone, and the underlay, which

03:15

sets the link to half tone and will not

03:17

obscure new lines and edges you place in the project.

03:21

It also prohibits you from tagging objects in the link.

03:25

Display settings are the subject of the next videos.

03:29

For now, let's click OK.

03:31

And you can see that the structural model

03:33

has been turned off as the grids are no longer displaying.

03:37

But when we return to the 3D view,

03:40

the structural link still displays.

Modifying visibility graphics overrides for Revit links - Exercise

Task 1: Identify, unload, and reload Revit links

  1. Open the practice file 001-Small Medical Center-Links.rvt. The file opens in the 3D HVAC view.
  2. Hover over the objects in the view and discover the elements that make up the architectural and structural linked models, as shown below.



  3. In the Manage tab> Manage Project panel, click Manage Links.
  4. In the Manage Links dialog box select both the Small Medical Center_A.rvt and Small Medical Center_S.rvt files, as shown below, and click Unload.



  5. Read and click OK to accept the alerts and warnings. The linked files no longer display in the 3D view.
  6. Open the Mechanical>HVAC>Floor Plans> 01 Ground Floor HVAC view. The linked files do not display in this view either, as shown below.



  7. Open the Manage Links dialog box again and Reload both links.
  8. Verify that the links display in both the plan view and 3D view.

Task 2: Turn off the visibility of a linked view in one view only

  1. Return to the 01 Ground Floor HVAC Plan view. You can see that both links are displaying. The Structural link include the grids, as shown below.



  2. In the View tab> Graphics panel, click Visibility Graphics.
  3. In the Visibility Graphic Overrides dialog box, click on the Revit Links tab.
  4. Click on the check in front of Small Medical Center_S.rvt and click OK. The structural link no longer displays in this view, as shown below.



  5. Switch to the 3D HVAC view and you can see both links still display.
  6. Save the project.
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