topic "Bring To Front" Functionality in Sheets in Revit Architecture Forum

"Bring To Front" Functionality in Sheets

tgibson77YV3 — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:25:22 GMT

I understand it is in the family editor, or that you can do it with 2 sketch objects, but how can you change the print order of 3d objects on a floor plan view on a sheet?

Example: I want to be able to click on the object that has black lines and have it print priority over the grey one. Is this possible outside of family editor/2d sketchs

Re: "Bring To Front" Functionality in Sheets

RSomppi — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:51:59 GMT

@tgibson77YV3 wrote:
how can you change the print order of 3d objects on a floor plan view on a sheet?

You cannot.

Re: "Bring To Front" Functionality in Sheets

Ric_Weber — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:33:23 GMT

About the best you might be able to do would be to override graphics for that element and give it some transparency so that the object below it is showing through. Or use the Show Hidden Lines tool in the View tab. That might give you close to what you're looking for.

Re: "Bring To Front" Functionality in Sheets

tgibson77YV3 — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:37:45 GMT

Show Hidden lines may work! Thanks ill try

Re: "Bring To Front" Functionality in Sheets

RDAOU — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:03:12 GMT

@tgibson77YV3

Draw/print Order on sheets is driven by the order you place view on the sheet. That said, and if the Horizontal channel (Gray) and the Black component are not one family, you can achieve what you are trying to do by creating two views in the model,

one with the horizontal Chanels
and another with the black elements whatever they are isolated
then place View 1 (Gray Channels) first on the sheet followed by View 2 (Black Component/family)

Alternatively, if the horizontal channel and the Black element are in the same family, you can nest in a detail component and check the option Draw in Foreground...when loaded that will show on top of the horizontal channel. You can set that Detail Component to a subcategory as well to allow for more visibility control in terms of switching it on in some views while having it off in other views

Show hidden lines would work as well but it may have some limitations in certain Scenarios depending on the view type and categories being used.

Re: "Bring To Front" Functionality in Sheets

mari.shimode — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:10:07 GMT

Hi @tgibson77YV3 , since it seems you found @Ric_Weber's reply useful, I have marked it as an accepted solution so others who have the same question can refer to it.

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