Revit Siding Lines On Elevations

Select the box near the end of the level line to display the level annotation bubble.

Revit siding lines on elevations.

Select the linework tool in the view panel on the home ribbon. Surely theres is a way to set the hatch patterns origin like in aca so that all the bricks line up nice and pretty. Also would lining up the brick pattern on the quoins which are. Typical reference elevation labels might include north south east west.

However the default setting is too dark. Before we go to the revit detailing tools let us find out how we can represent the siding wall in elevation views. In an elevation view or a 3d view you can change the size of level lines change level names and change the elevations of levels. About custom elevation tags develop elevation symbols and names that fit the needs of your organization.

About reference elevations label existing elevations to orient a viewer. This trick is easy. But i did not like how it wrapped around the corner of the second floor to tie in with the siding. Editing lines in elevations.

This makes the effect more subtle and easier for the eyes. This makes the roof line visible in the plan view but the lines appear as solid lines. See also work with levels in 3d views. You can use available horizontal patterns or simply create a new one.

Cast shadows immediately give your elevation a sense of depth. Click lighting on the graphic display option menu and set shadows to 15 instead of 80. We need to create a new material and define the surface pattern. In the view properties expand the underlay drop down and select the level on which the roof was created to display as an underlay.

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