Crop regions shaded in 3D View

[sarah.haque.sh]

Hello,

I am trying to produce an artwork for uni works and I know I should be using illustrator and photoshop but being so used to Revit I decided to just use it. to save time 

I placed a few axonometric 3D views on a title block above existing views of the background artwork. I do need the realistic view to get the look I am going for, but somehow the realistic views have a light shade to it which is not the case for line hidden line or even shaded mode. I have attached images with realistic and hidden line view- hopefully it explains. I know I will have to jump on to photoshop for this- but was wondering if anyone knows a way to work around it i.e. get rid of the shade of crop region. Ideally i would probably shape up the crop to follow the outline of the building- but cant really reshape crop region in 3D views as it's always rectangular.  Any help would be appreciated. 

[syman2000]

Create two isometric view of the same angle. One shows ground without the building and the other view with building without the ground. Set the ground with shaded and the building as realistic. Then place the ground isometric view first and then placed the building on top. The building will lock in place with the ground.

[sarah.haque.sh]

Hello syman2000,

I am not sure what you mean by ground. Do you mean turn on the toposurface for the shaded view minus the building? Then place the realistic view of just the building on top? Hope I understood you correctly. 

I actually dont want the 'ground'  to show as I will be showing 3 sections of isometrics- as if it's 'floating' in the artwork.

[syman2000]

The ground can be replaced by floating artwork and have building stand on it's own without any ground.

[sarah.haque.sh]

I don't think I really follow your understanding of 'ground' here. I have attached image with the hidden line view placed below the realistic view and the shade is still appearing. See the cad block of the cycling person. 

[syman2000]

When you print to PDF, do those shaded appear in the print or just on the screen?

[sarah.haque.sh]

Hi, 

I just tried printing pdf, and yes the shade still appears. I was under the impression its the crop region being shaded, but seems like it's the actual viewport as the shaded part goes beyond the hidden crop region of the 3D view. 

[sarah.haque.sh]

Also, when i place views generated by the camera, then the realistic view  does not have the shade. But getting the 3d axo with camera is proving to be a pain. It's the default 3d views that are producing that shade. 

[syman2000]

Only way to check is upload the file so we can take a look. I am trying to replicate your issue with the 3d realistic and not able to produce your result.

[sarah.haque.sh]

Hi,

So I managed to get a somewhat decent 3d orthographic view of the building with a camera- and placed it on top of the artwork title block. Now there seems to be very little shading with realistic view - minimal unless you are inspecting very closely with your nose to the screen, but have not test printed to see the outcome yet as it's an A1 size artwork and kind of takes a significant time to print.

I guess the only way to work with this is through camera generated 3d views for realistic views instead of Revit's own default 3d views.

I guess if Revit would fix these little issues, we wouldn't even need to rely on photoshop and illustrator. Oh well. 

[sarah.haque.sh]

hi syman2000,

Yes your 3d view doesn't seem to have a shade - I wonder if it has something to do with my Revit version. 

[syman2000]

I am using 2021. I am not sure if this is 2022 version issue.

[sarah.haque.sh]

Spoke too soon, once I placed the next portion of the building the shade becomes even more visible, so I guess camera or default makes no difference. Attached image. 

[sarah.haque.sh]

Yes I am in fact using 2022. I wouldn't even be able to open this file in 2021 to check the problem as it won't open in older version. 

[RDAOU]

@sarah.haque.sh 

2022 realistic view mode is real time rendering now but so far I havent seen that shading effect before

• Is the version you are using up to date? All hot fixes installed?
• Do you have a scope box in that 3D view of the building?
• %TEMP% folder full?
• Did you try recreating the offending 3D view?
• Did you try disabling graphic acceleration? And reopening model?