topic Re: How do I make the brick lines darker in Revit Architecture Forum

How do I make the brick lines darker

sully00 — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 20:29:31 GMT

Thin lines does not seem to do the trick see pic what I mean I want to make the brick lines darker so when I zoom out is displays darker.

Thanks

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

barthbradley — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 21:22:12 GMT

Change view scale.

...and turn off Thin Lines.

...BTW: Brick is a MODEL Pattern.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/Revit-Customize/files/GUID-660B35A8-190C-465A-BEC9-217A60FA28AC-htm.html#:~:text=Differences%20Between%20Model%20Patterns%20and%20Drafting%20Patterns&text=Model%20patterns%20remain%20a%20fixed,size%20relative%20to%20the%20sheet.&text=Note%3A%20If%20you%20zoom%20into,the%20pattern%20becomes%20more%20dense.

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

sully00 — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 21:21:00 GMT

does not seem to work just want to show the brick in detail or what view should I set it at?

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

barthbradley — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 21:25:12 GMT

Brick isn't going to show "detail" when you zoom out really far. Basically, no difference from the real world.

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

linkboy — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 21:25:15 GMT

like this?

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

sully00 — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 21:40:02 GMT

so how can I show brick in detail when zooming out?

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

barthbradley — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 21:44:16 GMT

@sully00 wrote:
so how can I show brick in detail when zooming out?

Isn't that the same question I answered above?

...if you want a consistent surface pattern, use a DRAFTING Pattern.

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

ToanDN — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 22:31:50 GMT

@sully00 wrote:

so how can I show brick in detail when zooming out?

Revit omits dense pattern on screen when zooming out for performance reason. If you want to print the view out with pattern then give it a larger scale and increase the PDF output resolution.

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

sully00 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 11:53:41 GMT

when I do zoom to fit the brick never shows see pic.

This pic is what I am trying to replicate

here is mine

as you can see when zoom to fit the brick is not clear.

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

sully00 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 11:57:40 GMT

how ?

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

ToanDN — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 17:20:39 GMT

@sully00 wrote:

when I do zoom to fit the brick never shows see pic.

Crop the view and zoom extent.

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

sully00 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 17:32:42 GMT

No does not work I can only see the bricks when in drafting view not model view for some reason.

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

ToanDN — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 17:35:01 GMT

@sully00 wrote:

No does not work I can only see the bricks when in drafting view not model view for some reason.

Are you using a drafting or model pattern for the surface pattern of the brick material? Please show the graphic tab of the material definition.

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

barthbradley — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 17:50:01 GMT

@sully00 wrote:
No does not work I can only see the bricks when in drafting view not model view for some reason.

Can you make out all the individual bricks in this photograph? No, of course, you can't. But they are there. Thousands of them.

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

sully00 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 18:48:36 GMT

see pic I have to change to drafting view to see bricks more closely

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

sully00 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 18:49:13 GMT

yup I am learning thank you

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

barthbradley — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 18:52:38 GMT

@sully00 wrote:
yup I am learning thank you

I posted this above. Did you read it?

About Drafting Patterns and Model Patterns | Revit 2019 | Autodesk Knowledge Network

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

ToanDN — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 19:04:07 GMT

@sully00 wrote:

see pic I have to change to drafting view to see bricks more closely

You are using a drafting pattern as shown in your screenshot so it will not present correctly the brick pattern.

Use a model pattern instead.

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

sully00 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 19:16:31 GMT

When I do Model brick, I zoom out and brick is not clear but when I zoom in closely it is fine see pic.

Re: How do I make the brick lines darker

mhiserZFHXS — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 19:21:25 GMT

You realize that, if the pattern showed when zoomed out, it'll just make the drawing black right? That's (one of) the reason(s) they disappear.

You're missing the point that, even though you think you want them, you really don't want those lines showing when zoomed out.