Can't Change Glass Color

[PhilvK]

I have a storefront door and storefront windows in a wall. The glass in both is set to System Panel:Glazed which bath have 'Glass' set as the material.  Changing the color of the glass in the Material Browser has no effect on how the glass is displaying in shade mode. I checked this issue in a separate file and have no problems. Any idea what would be causing this?

[barthbradley]

I can think of several reasons. We can narrow it down to the one and only if you post the file.  

[ennujozlagam]

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-architecture-forum/material-color-changing-glass/td-p/9782900

[PhilvK]

Thank you for the link. I need to study it more to figure what I am doing wrong.

[PhilvK]

I wish I could upload it but can't. I copied a portion of storefront into a new file, started playing with the glass settings and it works fine. I'll need to drill down into main project to figure out what's going on.

[PhilvK]

OK, here's one U can post. Glass colors are different in elevation than in 3D. How can I lighten up the glass in elevation and have some transparency?

[barthbradley]

Is the Opening Cut in the Family Transparent in both 3D and in Elevation (via Option Bar setting)?

[PhilvK]

It wasn't but is now. Doesn't appear to have an effect when I load it into the project.

[barthbradley]

[barthbradley]

https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Glass-windows-and-...

[barthbradley]

Another workaround would be to make the Glass a separate and Nested SHARED Family in the Door Family. That way you could TAB-Select the Glass in the Project View and make it Transparent via Override Graphics in View By Element.   

[PhilvK]

I changed the door panel glass to the correct sub-category. Are you saying by turning off the glass in VG that that's the only way to control the glass in elevation in shade mode? I still get only the blue shown below in elevation. Works fine in 3D and Realistic mode.

I'll try your shared family suggestion. 

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

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@PhilvK wrote:

Are you saying by turning off the glass in VG that that's the only way to control the glass in elevation in shade mode?

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Yes. I know it sounds stupid, but it's a valid, documented workflow since forever.  I think it's even mentioned in that AKN article I posted a link to above.  Maybe not, but whatever, your other option is the one I mentioned above or orient a 3D View to the Elevation View.  

[PhilvK]

Thank you!!