topic Re: FreeFormElement not visible in sections in Revit Architecture Forum

FreeFormElement not visible in sections

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:18:16 GMT

I am having issues with a piece of geometry that is not showing in section views.

I have created a FreeFormElement inside a Family using API scripting methods.

Autodesk.Revit.DB.FreeFormElement.Create(familyDocument,solid)

Everything about the resulting family looks fine in 3D and in Plan Views, but in Section Views the FreeFormElement is not showing. This happens both inside the Project Environment, as well as inside the Family Environment.

I have to admit, it is a fairly big and complex FreeFormElement with a lot of faces. But this should not really matter. I have done this many times before without issues.

I have tried changing the View Scale, the Detail Level, and the Visual Style (hidden line, shaded, consistent colours) but to no effect. The Crop View setting is off, so no cropping is taking place. Also, the Solid/Void setting is set to Solid, not Void.

Can anybody help out Please?

Re: FreeFormElement not visible in sections

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:29:07 GMT

Best to emphasize that 'Imports in Families' is switched on...

Re: FreeFormElement not visible in sections

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:33:11 GMT

And it does show in Elevation View...

Re: FreeFormElement not visible in sections

martijn_pater — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:04:49 GMT

... the linked solid.dwg itself is unchecked in the view (1/2/3/4)?

...maybe check your model category (generic) for the view
...maybe check your phasing for the view
...maybe check view range for the view / try to make a new plan view...

Re: FreeFormElement not visible in sections

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:40:15 GMT

That is not the family. The family was created from that linked dwg. But it is another element.

(Well spotted by the way)

Re: FreeFormElement not visible in sections

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:13:49 GMT

Getting a little closer. In fact there are 4 of these families in my project. And I just realized that 2 of them are showing correctly, and 2 of them are not. Time for some 'spot the difference' I guess

there are 4 partspart1 does not showpart2 showspart3 does not showpart4 shows

Re: FreeFormElement not visible in sections

martijn_pater — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:23:23 GMT

Maybe check your worksets?

Re: FreeFormElement not visible in sections

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:33:26 GMT

I checked worksets, but all 4 families are in the same workset, see image below.

Also here is a section along all 4 families, so we can conclude from this that is not a view setting issue (since 2 are showing and 2 are not)

Re: FreeFormElement not visible in sections

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 10:41:09 GMT

In the meantime, I have ‘solved’ / worked around this issue by not creating freeforms in families any more, but by using the Tesselated Shape Builder to create DirectShape elements. This provides satisfactory results for now. So, case closed, at least for now.