Revit 2013 Transparency Question

[george]

Salutations!  Just started working with the new release (very happy about the loop leader type :D).  The new transparency slider is neat, but not as useful as the toggle for structural drafting purposes (keybind has been removed).  Is autodesk planning on releasing some sort of update that can create keybinds for 25%, 50%, and 75% transparency, or am I finally going to have to learn how to use the API?

Thanks!

~George Soultanian & Associates

[john.lipp]

Hi george


Please let me know if I understand your question correctly.  In the 2012 version, when editing the graphics display options of a view, there was a ghost surfaces box you could toggle on/off by hitting the spacebar key. In the 2013 version, there is a slider for transparency and you want to be able to quickly use a key press to change the value.

I would recommend sending a wishlist item for this through the feedback page for any suggestions you have as our development reviews the information you send through this page:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=1109794

If you wish to change the transparency quickly you can use the following key presses:

Type GD to open graphics display options, hit the tab key four times to get to the transparency box, enter value for the transparency percentage, click tab to set the slider, and hit Enter.


Best regards,



John Lipp
Support Specialist
Product Support
Autodesk, Inc.

[george]

You've got it, I'll go ahead and add this to the wishlist, then talk to a few coder friends of mine.  That sequence of keystrokes should help tremendously with communicating what I need to them, thanks!

EDIT:  Slight discrepancy... ok the old keybinds for 'ghost,' 'halftone,' and 'transparent' were EOG, EOH and EOT.  EOH works, and I suspect that's because the checkbox is still there.  EOT and EOG are no longer working in 2013, and I suspect it's because of the slider.  The wishlist item will be asking to get the transparency (or ghost) keybinds back.

In the meantime, I was wondering if you could critique my workaround and help make it faster.  I just added a text parameter to the detail items called 'filter' and set up some view filters, 't' for transparency, 'h1' & 'h2' for changing projection lines to hidden.  Pretty fast in practice, but I'm always looking for ways to make it faster...

[vladimirgluzov6298]

This was on a wish list from the Revit-2013 Beta-1 tests in 2011. What Autodesk should realize is that user have to do certain operations thousands times and simplicity sometime more productive than offered enhancements. What was done with one click is now requires several (same is hide/unhide Architectural link workset). We need a ON/OFF button which will do the same operations with only one click. What was offered during testing is a slider to jump to 50% immediately when revoke, after that it is up to user to move it or keep it at 50%... Vg