topic Re: Show levels in section view in Revit Architecture Forum

Show levels in section view

glkirk — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:16:53 GMT

Can anyone tell me why levels are not showing in my section view?

Thanks,

Re: Show levels in section view

MostafaElashmawy — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:28:40 GMT

It could be lots of reasons but let's start by checking if the category is visible in view.

Vv>> annotation categories>> make sure that the box beside sections is checked.

You can also click on the bulb at the bottom of the view, if the sections are shown now, select them and click unhide then close the bulb.

Re: Show levels in section view

martijn_pater — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:21:16 GMT

Go to visibility graphics (shortcut VG) or go into your selected template.
...See if levels are checked under annotation categories

...and/or if you have any filters in place
...and/or if the levels actually extend over the position of the section

Re: Show levels in section view

glkirk — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:38:47 GMT

Nothing hidden (BULB)

See VG attached. I'm not sure what the gray bar in the VG is.

I scrolled out very very far but still no levels.

BTW They do show in "Elevations"

Re: Show levels in section view

glkirk — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:43:11 GMT

I found that it had something with Far Clipping. When I changed it to No Clipping, They showed up

Thanks!

Re: Show levels in section view

MostafaElashmawy — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:45:35 GMT

In that case, the limit of your levels (you can see it by activating the crop region view) are not intersecting with the section.

Re: Show levels in section view

MostafaElashmawy — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:49:34 GMT

You can either change the far clip offset of the section or in elevation drag the end of the level line to make sure it intersects the section.

Re: Show levels in section view

glkirk — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:33:10 GMT

Interesting!

I had just changed all the positions of the cameras after flipping this strange shaped project.

Re: Show levels in section view

ToanDN — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:40:18 GMT

Select one Level, right click, Select all in project, another right click, Maximize 3D extent. Now the Levels should show in your section without the need to turn off / extend the far clipping.

Re: Show levels in section view

martijn_pater — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:21:15 GMT

FWIW So it was the last one then if the far clip 'solved' it. The level did not extend over the position of the section, so without the far clip you now look at it as if in elevation. It is still not cutting the section then though, you would have to follow above instructions given also by ToanDN etc. as to actually cut the level. Another good option to explore, is using scope boxes to control where your levels are. You can show those and the levels also in 3d nowadays...

Re: Show levels in section view

hmunsell — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:45:15 GMT

once you find them, if you select the level(s), right click on them and select Maximize 3D Extents, that should fix other views too.

Re: Show levels in section view

Anonymous — Sat, 01 May 2021 14:00:10 GMT

it simply works!!!!!! thanks!

Re: Show levels in section view

bobinlmd1 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:08:15 GMT

what if they're not 3d Levels? What if the extents is greyed out?

Re: Show levels in section view

Allaina_Tariq — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:12:35 GMT

thank you so much, that was really a great help.