topic Re: Wall Ends Showing as a different color with Shaded Display in Revit Architecture Forum

Wall Ends Showing as a different color with Shaded Display

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 22:19:37 GMT

Can anyone tell what I might be doing to generate this core color at the ends and tops of the walls? I'm also attaching the file and some screenshots.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Mike

Re: Wall Ends Showing as a different color with Shaded Display

ToanDN — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 22:31:59 GMT

Do you mean like this?

Re: Wall Ends Showing as a different color with Shaded Display

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 22:38:20 GMT

If you are talking about the five walls on the leftish side of the image, that is what I'm talking about but I've been having a problem with the white walls of the OTHER structure in the file (to the south). It is those that I can't seem to get to be all white in shaded graphics mode. Glad to know you're on the case. 🙂

Regards,

Mike

Re: Wall Ends Showing as a different color with Shaded Display

ToanDN — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 22:41:53 GMT

I see. Paint them white then.

Re: Wall Ends Showing as a different color with Shaded Display

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 22:45:15 GMT

Thanks a lot. I appreciate it.

I guess I'm not understanding how they got to be grey in the first place. Do you have any idea what drove that? Without looking a gift horse in the mouth, is there no more systematic approach? I couldn't seem to see where that grey was coming from to begin with.

Regards,

Mike

Re: Wall Ends Showing as a different color with Shaded Display

ToanDN — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 23:03:53 GMT

Actually, simply change Wrapping at Ends and Inserts to other than None.

Re: Wall Ends Showing as a different color with Shaded Display

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 23:08:17 GMT

That's what I'm talkin' bout! Thank you once again.

Re: Wall Ends Showing as a different color with Shaded Display

PijPiwo — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 00:45:57 GMT

This grey color is a system default color (grey 127 127 127). Revit uses it for the objects that do not have material/color defined by the user - <by category> objects.

To change it, open object style window and apply material and shading color of your choice.

Re: Wall Ends Showing as a different color with Shaded Display

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:55:11 GMT

Your explanation makes sense and is exactly the sort of thing that I thought was going on, but when I go to the object styles window and set the shading to a specific color, it doesn't change the core color. I turned the wall wrapping off for this exercise. I have struggled with a similar behavior with floor cores. Still, your screenshot shows different behavior than what I'm getting. What might I be doing wrong to NOT get the core to change when I assign a wall object style a specific color? Any help is appreciated. Would love to be able to work as simply as possible with these schematic designs until further complexity was warranted.

Regards,

Mike

Re: Wall Ends Showing as a different color with Shaded Display

PijPiwo — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:06:33 GMT

Make a change in material browser, not object styles. Wall layers in your case have default wall material applied to them. You need to make a change to default wall material.

Also, change the shading to shading with consistent colors. You might be getting different color shading depending on lighting. It could be confusing especially with gray color that might look like white.

Hope it helps.

Re: Wall Ends Showing as a different color with Shaded Display

ja1357 — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:28:46 GMT

I am using Revit 2019 and this method does not work. The one with wrapping in the ty

@ToanDN wrote:
Actually, simply change Wrapping at Ends and Inserts to other than None.

pe properties

Re: Wall Ends Showing as a different color with Shaded Display

ToanDN — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 16:03:36 GMT

@ja1357 wrote:

I am using Revit 2019 and this method does not work. The one with wrapping in the type properties

It makes the difference here.

Re: Wall Ends Showing as a different color with Shaded Display

semhustej — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:16:52 GMT

I have created video describing the quirky behavior of wall ends material behavior. It also works for wall openings:

https://youtu.be/f-JhOUun3qg

Tom

Re: Wall Ends Showing as a different color with Shaded Display

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