topic Re: Door hardware not showing up in 3D view in Revit Architecture Forum

Door hardware not showing up in 3D view

jjordanKMKVZ — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 20:10:36 GMT

The doors I am using in my building appear to have door hardware as part of the materials/finishes. See attached image of the door properties. However, the door handles do not show up on the door in 3D view. I have detail level set at fine. Please advise, and thanks in advance! (I am using Revit 2019)

Re: Door hardware not showing up in 3D view

ToanDN — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 20:17:42 GMT

Does the handle show in 3D in the door family?

Re: Door hardware not showing up in 3D view

jjordanKMKVZ — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 20:42:47 GMT

No it does not. Here's what I see when I look at the door family. Do I need to associate the handle material with the door somehow? Thanks for any suggestions!

Re: Door hardware not showing up in 3D view

cbcarch — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 20:56:35 GMT

Go to an elevation in the family. Does the hardware appear? If so, select it. See if it has visibility parameters for 3D--if so, turn it on.

Re: Door hardware not showing up in 3D view

barthbradley — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 21:01:05 GMT

Could be just a Text Parameter, like Finish is. Could you verify for us what type parameter it is?

Re: Door hardware not showing up in 3D view

cbcarch — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 21:22:13 GMT

-What Barth is saying is--there may not be any actual 3D hardware in the family--just a "text parameter",

so you could type something in that would read on the door schedule.

-If you need to see the hardware in all views--2D and 3D, then try "nesting" it--inserting it as a family--into your door family. Then assign visibility parameters to it if needed.

Re: Door hardware not showing up in 3D view

ToanDN — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 22:18:07 GMT

@jjordanKMKVZ wrote:

No it does not. Here's what I see when I look at the door family. Do I need to associate the handle material with the door somehow? Thanks for any suggestions!

So there is no actual hardware model in the door family. Find one online and nested it in the door family. Set it to not show on Plan/RCP and elevations so that it only shows in 3D view.

Re: Door hardware not showing up in 3D view

jjordanKMKVZ — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 23:23:42 GMT

It looks like the parameter type is material.

Re: Door hardware not showing up in 3D view

jjordanKMKVZ — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 23:25:33 GMT

Thank you very much! This is going to work. I appreciate all the help and suggestions.

Re: Door hardware not showing up in 3D view

barthbradley — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 23:37:14 GMT

@jjordanKMKVZ wrote:
It looks like the parameter type is material.

Well then, it's a parameter associated to nothing. From what I read, you have no hardware modeled or nested in the family. It is possible that the parameter just exists and is not associated to anything.

Re: Door hardware not showing up in 3D view

barthbradley — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 23:46:07 GMT

So what was the solution exactly, @jjordanKMKVZ? You had no hardware in the family; just a material parameter for hardware?

...you know that Revit has some OOTB hardware families; don't you? Some users are not aware of this. Drill down into the OOTB Door folder and you'll find them. I think they are in a folder under "Commercial Doors".