topic Re: Floor Transparency in Revit Architecture Forum

Floor Transparency

revit1980 — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 14:58:15 GMT

Dear Friends,

In Revit, Is it possible to create transparent and non-transparent floor at the same time?

Please check my photo

Thanks in advance,

Regards,

Re: Floor Transparency

Ilic.Andrej — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:08:11 GMT

There are different ways to do this. You will choose depending on why you are doing it. So, can you tell us? For example, will the right side be demolished? Will the actual floor be made of transparent materials? Why you need it to be transparent?

Re: Floor Transparency

loboarch — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:17:12 GMT

The answer is sure, but it would be good to know what the goal is here before the best answer can be provided.

Is this for one plan view?

Does it need to be transparent in a 3d view like your image shows?

Is the material actually transparent or are you doing this for some representational reason?

I think to best answer the question people need top know more about the problem you are looking to solve.

Re: Floor Transparency

Sahay_R — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 17:13:21 GMT

One way - Separate floors. Assign a transparent material to the desired floor.

Second way - separate floors again. Filter the desired floor, set its transparency.

Re: Floor Transparency

revit1980 — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 19:49:25 GMT

Thank you for your quick responses. Floor material won"t be transparent originally. Right and left floors will be the same material(concrete etc.).

However, one of both Floors need to be transparented in the 3D View as well as plan view.We are not planning to demolish.

There is no any special reason.Only, I am planning to use it for representational reasons

I hereby attached rvt my rvt file for your reference.

when i assign a transparent material to the desired floor, the second floor is also becoming transparent.

I tried to set it transparent but nothing was there. please check below photo.

We remain,

Re: Floor Transparency

ToanDN — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 20:01:25 GMT

If you already have separated floors then just override it in the view to add transparency. Of you have on floor then you can create Parts and change on or more Parts to transparent.

Re: Floor Transparency

chrisplyler — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 20:40:00 GMT

@revit1980 wrote:

when i assign a transparent material to the desired floor, the second floor is also becoming transparent.

Sure. That's because they're the same type. When you set the type parameter for the material, all floors of that type will change.

You would have to duplicate the type so you could have one type with an opaque material and another type with a transparent material.

And that's IF you want to go the material route. It sounds to me like it would serve your purpose more easily if you just selected that particular floor, right click it, override by element, and make it transparent.

Re: Floor Transparency

Sahay_R — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 21:20:26 GMT

@revit1980 - fixed file is attached.

Look at the 3D view. To the left - the floor type has been duplicated and given a transparent material.

To the right - both floors are the same type, but a text parameter has been added to floors and I have just typed in YES for the floor that I want to be transparent. A view template has been applied to this view, with a filter that looks for the parameter value yes. A transparency override added to this filter makes the floor transparent.

Re: Floor Transparency

revit1980 — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:59:08 GMT

Thank you,. All different solutions were helpfull.

I solved by creating a text parameter for the floor.I applied view filter and I changed the Transparency percentage.Now it works.

Appreciated for your supports.

Regards,