topic Re: Underlay in Revit Architecture Forum

Underlay

afiejtek — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:50:08 GMT

Is it possible to customise underlay colour? Grey/black currently offered is not always obvious enough.

Re: Underlay

alan.quinn — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:52:39 GMT

Currently black/gray are the only options. However, development is aware of this and is looking into ways of changing this feature.

Re: Underlay

ryan.duell — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:53:15 GMT

Hello,

Unfortunately this is not possible. You are limited to the Manage > Additional Settings > Halftone/Underlay settings.

You can specify the weight and pattern (as well as apply halftone)

Thanks,

Re: Underlay

dzanta — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:54:14 GMT

this is not possible currently.

Re: Underlay

sureshchotrani — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:55:19 GMT

Wellcome to the Answer Day:)

Underlay I understand as Background color, it is support in Revit 2016 prior version doesn't support.

In Revit 2016 you can change the background color via going to options

Re: Underlay

larrymp — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 13:54:12 GMT

While i respect the response and that it is not an option, I would hardly say this is "solved". There have been quite a few releases of Revit since this response and still no option... SMH.

Perhaps there should be a few other categories besides "open" and "Solved". Perhaps "In Development" for something expected to be resolved in the next two releases and maybe "Wishlist" for items that are further off.

Re: Underlay

charlesUYHXW — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:47:34 GMT

It seems that the underlay mimics the line colour of the element in newer versions. I realized this because my underlay was coming out red. Change the Line colour of the element in V/G settings to what you desire and the underlay should change to.

Re: Underlay

rlooZD4VD — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 20:49:25 GMT

show us the process?

Re: Underlay

haydenPNTDP — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:56:31 GMT

Any progress on this issue? Really wanting to see upper or lower levels in a different colour for clarity.

Re: Changing Color of Underlay in Revit

mpfeffe2 — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:35:10 GMT

Using Revit 2021 here, but I think this should apply to previous versions as well.

If you want to change the color of the lines of an imported underlay do this:

Visibility/Graphics (type VG)

Imported Categories tab (should be the fourth to the right)

Use the drop down + symbol to open up all of the layers under the file you want to be in

Select the layers you want to change the color of

Select Override at the top of this list

Select the color you'd like to change to

Press Apply and Ok

If you want to change the color of your selected lines do this:

Select File on the top left of the screen

At the bottom of this list select Options

Select Graphics on the left (should be the third option down the list)

Change Selection and Pre Selection to desired colors

Press Apply and Ok

Re: Underlay

martin_barnes_cpa — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 06:33:59 GMT

Its 2025 and in Revit 2025, the Underlay options are still completely rubbish. Can Autodesk get its act together and allow a coloured underlay, and an options dialog box to select which categories show in the underlay.

Does anyone know of a decent plugin, in lieu of Autodesk's inaction on this basic necessary function?