Control contour label background

Control contour label background

G_GRIESSEN
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Control contour label background

G_GRIESSEN
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Is there any way to control the Color (or remove) the contour label background?

Right now it's white, that looks ugly on a site plan.

Thank you for any help.

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Message 2 of 15

Anonymous
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Hi there.

 

Do the following:

1. Access the options;

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2. Then go to Graphics and change the background to any color you like. Atention: this change is apllied in all the views.

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If your problem has been solved, please click on Accept as Solution. Then others users can take benefit of it.

 

Regards,

 

Felipe Góes
Autodesk Instructor

 

 

 

 

Message 3 of 15

jlg_design
Advocate
Advocate

Unfortunately, Revit does not provide an option to turn off text backgrounds on the contour labels. If you highlight the contour labels, then select "Type Properties" in Properties tab, you can change everything about the contour text except turning off the background. Changing the color of all text backgrounds in Options/Graphics will not remove the background as you can do with typical text and label properties.

 

This issue and option should probably be on a Revit wishlist.

 

Jeff

Message 4 of 15

Revit_Whisperer
Collaborator
Collaborator

I don't see a way to change that...the text in the label is set to be opaque rather than transparent, but I haven't found where that is set.  

 

Since that is a system family I don't know if there is a way to change it.  

 

I was hoping it was somehow tied to one of the spot elevation dimensions, but I changed all of them to transparent and it did not change the contour labels.

Message 5 of 15

Seychellian
Advocate
Advocate

Same problem here. 

 

Looks AWFUL on a coloured background.

 

Please fix this Autodesk.

 

Sooner rather than later also if you don't mind.

Message 6 of 15

rhughes
Participant
Participant

Anyone solve this yet.  Looks like garbage when I have a satellite background raster image....ugg.

Message 7 of 15

Corsten.Au
Advisor
Advisor

This is just a workaround if it helps till Revit fixes that issue.

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Corsten
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Message 8 of 15

BennieBurger
Contributor
Contributor

I also have this question, seems like a very easy thing to implement from a software dev perspective. Dims, Text, Tags and Keynotes all have this function...

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Message 9 of 15

ivyjoybelza75
Community Visitor
Community Visitor

Do we have any update on this issue, please?

 

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Message 10 of 15

bill_gilliss
Collaborator
Collaborator

Plus, the text backgrounds dig into toposurfaces. Ick. Haven't tried  it yet in v2024.

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Message 11 of 15

BennieBurger
Contributor
Contributor

I have found literally this exact same issue today. It makes options for different display modes depending on the type on document you are preparing a truly terribl;e experience, it makes Consistent Colors or Shaded plan views look "unfinished" and amateur at best.

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Message 12 of 15

Gabriel.Griessen
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Base12
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Collaborator

It's still the same in 2024.  Just like all of the other text problems.

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jonLH2JY
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Observer

Still the same?

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Message 15 of 15

Base12
Collaborator
Collaborator

Still not addressed in 2026

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