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Is there a way reveal elements that are hidden in view, but not have to show everything else

Vince.Vining — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 17:31:46 GMT

Hi Forums,
I have a specific question about hiding/unhiding elements in view that I have not been able to figure out on my own:

When I am making a callout or section box, and I do not want to see certain things, I often have found it easier to hide elements in view(EH) as opposed to playing around with templates, filters, worksets etc. However now that I have been doing this for two years, I have been going over my old projects, and realizing that these "hidden in view" elements are a bit of a mess, and I am ready to go back, reveal them, and set their properties properly in templates, like I should have been doing.

The problem is that when I reveal hidden elements(RH) I am shown EVERYTHING that is not shown for any reason. For example, if I were to open visibility graphics(VV) then go to model categories and uncheck ducts, my view would not show ducts. If I were then to reveal hidden elements, it would show all the ducts in magenta; the same goes for everything else that is unchecked which most of the time is most of the project. Now, you can imagine that when I go to reveal hidden elements while on the hunt for those old rogue hidden elements, I simply can't find them in the chaos.

I don't want to see everything in reveal hidden elements view, I just want to see the things that I was lazy about last year. Is there a way that I can locate these little criminals and give them a more appropriate appointment.

Thanks!
-Vince

Re: Is there a way reveal elements that are hidden in view, but not have to show everything else

RobDraw — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:43:43 GMT

Not possible. This is the main reason why I discourage hiding by element.

Re: Is there a way reveal elements that are hidden in view, but not have to show everything else

ToanDN — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:39:52 GMT

Instead of Hide elements in View, create a Selection of elements and a Filter by Selection and hide it.

Re: Is there a way reveal elements that are hidden in view, but not have to show everything else

Vince.Vining — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 16:15:04 GMT

I have found that other people have had this problem, and you are right it is impossible.
There are workarounds like the Pangolin add-in, or using coordination views, but it seems best practice to just avoid "hide in view" entirely.

Re: Is there a way reveal elements that are hidden in view, but not have to show everything else

Vince.Vining — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 16:17:27 GMT

I can't find this option. Do you mean making filters in visibility graphics, or is there a different way to hide things?

Re: Is there a way reveal elements that are hidden in view, but not have to show everything else

ToanDN — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 17:34:06 GMT

@Vince.Vining wrote:

I can't find this option. Do you mean making filters in visibility graphics, or is there a different way to hide things?

https://resources.ascented.com/ascent-blog/maximizing-efficiency-with-revits-filter-based-selection-sets#:~:text=To%20create%20a%20selection%20set,can%20name%20the%20selection%20set.

Re: Is there a way reveal elements that are hidden in view, but not have to show everything else

amirulTWZ9Y — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 06:19:03 GMT

why impossible?

isnt the method (let say section symbol), after reveal hide , find 1 symbol, right click, select all instance, reveal.

Re: Is there a way reveal elements that are hidden in view, but not have to show everything else

sragan — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 18:56:07 GMT

If you are using a central file or a workshared cloud model, you can place things on different worksets. Then you can control which worksets are visible in each view. And you can make worksets default to "not visible in view" so you specifically have to turn them on in that view.

Works especially well with things like a linked in site plan or revit model that is really busy, and doen't really need to be on every sheet.

Rob will complain that's not what worksets were intended for, but....