topic Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly in Revit Architecture Forum

Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

michaelabman456 — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:13:16 GMT

I've been trying to change wall settings for a solid hour to figure out why my wall layers aren't showing up in fine or medium detail levels, and am completely giving up.

The cut plane cuts through the wall, the wall is tall enough to make it to the cut plane.

The only wall override I have set up is for a keyplan view template, the walls I want layers shown in are not in any view templates. I have created a view template and assigned these plan views to it and still did not solve the issue of visible layers.

I am very lost as to what the issue could be so any help would be great 🙂

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

ToanDN — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:29:14 GMT

Is the wall less than 6' tall?

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

michaelabman456 — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:30:04 GMT

All of the walls are min 10' tall.

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

ToanDN — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:32:17 GMT

Are they created in a previous phase?

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

michaelabman456 — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:39:19 GMT

Some are existing walls that also don't show layers while in the existing phase, others are new walls that don't show layers in the new construction phase.

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

ToanDN — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:40:52 GMT

Share your model here.

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

barthbradley — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:46:59 GMT

@michaelabman456 wrote:
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The only wall override I have set up is for a keyplan view template, the walls I want layers shown in are not in any view templates. I have created a view template and assigned these plan views to it and still did not solve the issue of visible layers.

Have you taken into account the Phase Filter Graphic Overrides? Set View Phase Filter to "None" to see if that's where it's coming from.

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

michaelabman456 — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:52:06 GMT

Looks like it was a computer problem, not a revit problem and everything's showing properly now.

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

barthbradley — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 18:12:31 GMT

@michaelabman456 wrote:
Looks like it was a computer problem, not a revit problem and everything's showing properly now.

Which computer problem? PEBMAC? PEBCAK? ID10T?

I get those too. 😉

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

tleyendecker77 — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:45:42 GMT

I'm was experiencing a similar problem with my walls that are 2'-6" tall and my Cut Plan at 8". Why does this matter? If I increased the wall height to 7' it displays as expected.

I changed my View Range "Bottom" to -4'-0" and "View Depth" to -4'-0" leaving the "Cut Plane" at 8", and the 2'-6" wall appears with wall layers, as expected.

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

_Vijay — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:34:13 GMT

what is the Revit version you are using?

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

tleyendecker77 — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:36:28 GMT

Revit LT 2025

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

_Vijay — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:43:31 GMT

Can you able to share the sample file with that wall.

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

tleyendecker77 — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:30:58 GMT

Here's the file. The views that show the area are "New - First Floor - Bedroom - 8"" and "New - First Floor - Bedroom - Callout 16"". Visually, it looks correct now, but if I left the View Range at the defaults I only saw the boundaries of the wall.

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

_Vijay — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 04:58:01 GMT

@tleyendecker77,

I’ve reviewed your issue and couldn’t find any major problems in a similar setup. A few things you can check:

Element-level graphic overrides – Did you apply any visibility overrides directly on the wall elements in the view?
View template settings – Make sure the template doesn’t have a filter overriding the wall cut patterns or detail visibility.
Material settings – Check if the wall layers' materials have appropriate cut patterns assigned. Sometimes, missing or white patterns can make it look like layers aren’t visible.

All three of these methods worked fine in our test file. Please double-check them and let us know your results. Happy to help further if it’s still unresolved!

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

ToanDN — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 23:33:09 GMT

Walls less than 6' are considered pony walls so they are not shown with layers even when the cut plane cutting the wall. Set the top of the wall to be associated with the level and top offset to the height you want they they will be cut properly.

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

RDAOU — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 05:02:17 GMT

Layers of walls which are shorter than 6" show perfectly fine when they intersect with the view range's cut plane...Wall below is 1.3" high and cut plane at 1" (without changing bottom range or view depth which would potentially mess up the visibility of other elements) Just cant open the uploaded file which has been created in a later version

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

tleyendecker77 — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 11:45:23 GMT

Thank you.

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

Vom2007 — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:11:02 GMT

I had the same issue, and checked these three sets of settings. But they turned unsufficient, even though important. Next i checked the Detail Level setting for the section view. By default it had been Coarse. Its change to Fine or Meduim solved the problem

Re: Wall Layers Not Showing Properly

GHASEM_ARIYANI — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:28:06 GMT

hi @michaelabman456

1-Several factors can cause this issue:
2-Ensure the wall height is at least 2 meters. Walls shorter than this may not display layer details.
3-Ensure that the Detail Level in the current view is set to Fine.
4-Confirm that the wall is not in a different Phase.
5-Verify that the correct Design Option is active (if you are using design options).
6-If you used Create Parts, set the Parts Visibility in Properties to Show Original.
7-In VG (Visibility/Graphics), ensure that the option 'Non-Core Layers' is enabled under the Walls category.