topic Re: Colours in elevation view changed in Revit Architecture Forum

Colours in elevation view changed

aldo_verbergt — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 08:40:24 GMT

Hi all,

Yesterday I made a few elevations to include in a presentation and everything was looking pretty nice. After a while Revit (2022) crashed and after re-opening the project all the colours in the elevation views are completely messed up.

I tried adjusting all the settings and can't seem to find what the problem is. It looks like the sun is stuck behind the building, everything is bright white and the topography just blacked out.

Attached is a screenshot of the elevation view now, and a screenshot from the 3D view to show you the difference in colour.

Does anyone know if this a settings problem or if it is what it is 😅

Thanks in advance!

Re: Colours in elevation view changed

hmunsell — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:17:43 GMT

i'm assuming the view has the Visual Style set to Shaded?

Re: Colours in elevation view changed

aldo_verbergt — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:20:11 GMT

@hmunsell It's set to realistic.

Re: Colours in elevation view changed

d.ahmed.LW — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 14:32:37 GMT

creating a new 3D view has any effect or do the same colors show up?

Re: Colours in elevation view changed

aldo_verbergt — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 14:45:58 GMT

@d.ahmed.LW For some reason the 3D views and the sections don't have this problem, only the elevations.

Re: Colours in elevation view changed

d.ahmed.LW — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 14:50:48 GMT

and what about new elevation views, i mean when you create a new one? A little difficult to point out the actual cause. Could be something silly but did you have a look on the material appearance settings, sunlight, Detail level etc?

Re: Colours in elevation view changed

aldo_verbergt — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:32:26 GMT

@d.ahmed.LW yes I did, made a new view template and thought I found the problem, but when I change 1 setting it jumps back to the bright view. I'm starting to think it might be a glitch from the crash? But anyhow, sections will do for now. Will look at it again tomorrow with a fresh head.