CAD file loses it's transparency settings when importing into Revit

[Anonymous]

I have a DWG file with 80% of it being highly transparent. I am trying to insert it into a Revit file and keep that transparency. However, when I bring it in (to a detail view) to Revit, everything is fully opaque. Any ideas?

[RobDraw]

It looks like imported categories cannot be assigned a transparency.

[Anonymous]

And there is no way around it?

[RobDraw]

I guess that might depend on what you are trying to accomplish and what is in the CAD file. 

[ToanDN]

Select the CAD link placed in the Revit view, right click, override element in view, set transparency to 80.

[Anonymous]

That is what I ended up doing. However, the original CAD file only had some layers that were transparent while others were opaque. When putting it in Revit, it was either all transparent or all opaque.

[ToanDN]

You can split the CAD file to different files so that you can control their transparency independently in revit.

[w_zborowskiR4W6H]

Seting transparency of CAD import by overriding element in view will only work on solid hatches.
For linework, other hatches, text you can use halftone which is different from transparency. Colour will go halfway towards white but will be completely opaque. So if its in background, you are fine. If its in foreground it will obscure your drawing and/or itself.