topic Re: elements grayed out in Revit MEP Forum

elements grayed out

revitworkbench — Fri, 05 May 2017 19:37:04 GMT

Hello, I seem to have a problem with my duct fittings coming in greyed out. I checked the object styles and the VG menu and they are both the same as the ductwork yet appear to be greyed out (see below). I figure this has to be a Discipline issue, but I have it set to "Mechanical" Discipline, so shouldnt the ducts and the fittings be showing up the same? Thanks!

Re: elements grayed out

Diego.Faria — Fri, 05 May 2017 22:11:18 GMT

Same happens if you set discipline to Coordination?

Have you expanded the Duct Fittings category in VG and checked if any of the subitens has something set to them?

Any filters maybe?

Re: elements grayed out

jsgalve — Mon, 08 May 2017 07:45:02 GMT

Not halftone on Visibility Graphics?

Or maybe try Object styles.

Worksets perhaps?

Re: elements grayed out

ennujozlagam — Mon, 08 May 2017 08:47:54 GMT

@revitworkbench hello, have you tried to check the "phasing". thanks

Re: elements grayed out

revitworkbench — Mon, 08 May 2017 13:25:32 GMT

No, it appears to be a view range issue. When I raise the cut plane it goes away. But I cant have the cut plane raised here. It also doesn't explain why duct fittings are appearing differently than ducts. 😕

Re: elements grayed out

revitworkbench — Mon, 08 May 2017 13:45:28 GMT

@Diego.Faria yes the same thing happens in the coordination phase. and no, there are not any filters.

@jsgalve no its not a VG or object styles issue. I already checked those. Please advise. Thanks. See below

Re: elements grayed out

andrea.kikuchi — Mon, 08 May 2017 20:01:34 GMT

Hi @revitworkbench,

Can you try setting the underlay to none in this view?

Re: elements grayed out

jsgalve — Tue, 09 May 2017 08:36:58 GMT

Hi again!

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-mep-forum/pipe-amp-duct-bends-fittings-all-grey/td-p/3298799

Try to set the underlay to none just like this guy did.

Re: elements grayed out

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 06:44:57 GMT

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@andrea.kikuchi wrote:

Hi @revitworkbench,

Can you try setting the underlay to none in this view?

Re: elements grayed out

MiWolff — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:34:38 GMT

Thanks for this solution. Is there any explanation why pipes behave differently from everything else when an underlay is in place?

Re: elements grayed out

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