can't see curtain wall used as office walls

Mbruno-JDB
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can't see curtain wall used as office walls

Mbruno-JDB
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We consult on a lot of projects in BIM 360.

 

We always have a hard time seeing curtain walls when they're used as interior office walls.

 

I have Curtain Panels, Curtain Systems, Curtain Wall Mullions, all turned on.  Their sub-categories are all on.  Walls are on.  Doors are on.

 

I can see the doors in the curtain wall.

 

If I turn on Reveal Hidden Elements, I can see the curtain wall.

 

I can't figure out where they're being hidden in my View Templates or elsewhere.

 

Any ideas?

 

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ToanDN
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Turn On Curtain Panels category (and Door swing subcategory).

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Mbruno-JDB
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Thanks. Those are both on. Edited my post to be a little more clear.
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barthbradley
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@Mbruno-JDB wrote:

 

If I turn on Reveal Hidden Elements, I can see the curtain wall.

 

I can't figure out where they're being hidden in my View Templates or elsewhere.

 

Any ideas?

 

 


 

When you select the hidden elements in Reveal Hidden Objects mode, aren't you given an option to unhide them on the Reveal Hidden Element Contextual tab? 

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ToanDN
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Check you view's filters.  If the curtain panel is a custom family then check for nested family's category.

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Mbruno-JDB
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So, the panels as a whole are Curtain Panels, but the individual pieces of glass are Specialty Equipment.

We turn off Specialty Equipment in the linked models because all of our equipment is Specialty Equipment and the architect's often put in their own placeholders for our equipment.

I guess we don't get to see interior office curtain walls, as I don't have time to individually hide all of the Specialty Equipment in the linked models.
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mhiserZFHXS
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Did someone just manually hide them? Can you right click them in the "show hidden" view and click unhide in view?

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ToanDN
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So change the components from specialty equipment to generic or curtain panel category.  Using specialty equipment category for those us odd anyways.

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Mbruno-JDB
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They're in a linked architect's model in BIM 360. If they were in my model I would.
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ToanDN
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@Mbruno-JDB wrote:
They're in a linked architect's model in BIM 360. If they were in my model I would.

Then you can create a filter hiding Specialty Equipment based on Type or Type Name or any parameter that only unique to the family and keep the category visible.

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