Dimensions to Wall Core Face in "Course" view - appears to go to nothing

[johnw]

When creating construction documents, our plans need to print in "Course View". My dimensions are going to "Face of Core" so when I print out my plans it appears the dimension extension lines are going to nothing (see attached image). This obviously is unacceptable, but I do need to dimension to the face of core and not the finish materials. Has anyone figured out a way to solve this problem (without removing the finishes from the wall type)?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

John

[Anonymous]

You could go into your view template and change only the walls detail level from By View to Medium. This would allow you to keep your course standards for everything else and still show the wall structure needed for dimensions. Maybe this would be an acceptable compromise?

[johnw]

The problem with that would be I would still show too many lines at the outer edge of the wall and on 11x17 paper at 1/8" scale, the exterior wall would be extremely dark.

Is there any way to change the exterior sheathing and exterior finish lines to be "invisible" in plan view and show the "Core Line" in plan view?

[Anonymous]

As far as I'm aware there's no way to control walls to that level. You're pretty much stuck with what they give you. Perhaps someone else has another work-around to get what you're looking for.

[ToanDN]

Take a look at the screencast below.  Hopefully it will give you an idea how to deal with your issue.

[johnw]

After checking "parts" , filter by material, and going to "not equals to"... there is no materials listed in the fly out... why would that be?

[ToanDN]

You need to assign the wall core layer with some material, for example [Metal Stud Layer].  Then set the filter for Parts material Not equal to that material.

[johnw]

My wall core is assigned a material - concrete masonry unit. (see attached png file). Not sure what to do here... Not an expert at Revit by no means.

[ToanDN]

Did you create Parts from your Walls?

[johnw]

Not sure what you mean. I never heard of "parts" before. I used an ootb base wall and then modified it to meet my needs.

[ToanDN]

That's okay.  I guess the screencast wasn't making it clear enough.

You need to select the walls, and use the Create Parts tool to do it.

[johnw]

Oh I see now.

I did that, and followed your instructions. It seems to work somewhat but the only line that disappeared was the furring. The exterior stucco line and interior drywall line is still visible. The interior side isn't the issue. It's the stucco line on the exterior that needs to go away.

I don't think exploding these walls into parts is going to be the best thing in the long run. If I have to manipulate walls in the future is seems it will be a big undertaking to deal with the "pieces" of the walls.

Thanks for your help with this by the way... I appreciate you taking time to assist me...

[ToanDN]

I think you misunderstood the Create Parts tool.  It does not explode the wall to pieces.  The wall still intact as one piece when your View is set to Show Originals.  Parts only show when the View is set to Show Parts.

Back to the problem with why only the furring disappears, I am going to post another screencast.  If you follow it carefully then CMU core is the only part should show.  If it still doesn't work, you can post a file so I can look at.

[johnw]

Exterior side of exterior wall works as you've suggested!

Only issues i have now are on the interior side of the exterior wall - furring and gyp board space not showing and interior walls have a gap when attaching to exterior wall. See attached image.

Also, it appears in course mode my interior dimensions to core face also show the little gap between gyp board and non-visible core line.

[ToanDN]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Exterior side of exterior wall works as you've suggested!

Only issues i have now are on the interior side of the exterior wall - furring and gyp board space not showing and interior walls have a gap when attaching to exterior wall. See attached image.

Also, it appears in course mode my interior dimensions to core face also show the little gap between gyp board and non-visible core line.

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Interior walls have a gap when attaching to exterior wall: the core of the interior wall does not extend to the core of the exterior wall.  You need go to the view showing original walls and grip edit the end of the interior wall to meet the core of the exterior wall.  Turn on Fine or Medium level of detail so it is clear while doing so.

Add the interior wall core material (Metal Stud Layer?) to the filter list so it works for the interior walls as well.  Uncheck the visible box of this filter from your view literally means: Turn off all Parts that do not have the material equal to CMU and Metal Stud Layer. 

[MichaelBussiere2]

Thank you for your post.  It looks like you are trying to leverage dimensions within the Revit software, and are seeing some discrepancies in your dimensioning ability to faces and detail level.  In this case I would agree with @ToanDN with suggestions to date.  In addition to this, I have included some helpful information on dimensioning within Revit for reference as you become more acquainted with this feature within Revit.  If the issue is still persisting after applying the steps above from @ToanDN, please reply back with a copy of the model in question for review in the community.  Thank you and we look forward to your reply.

Revit Linear Dimensions: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/EN...

Modifying Dimensions: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/EN...

Dimensioning to Core Layer: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-lt/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/Revi...

[theresatlninhMWWN4]

How do I set the view to bring it back to original, so I can modify the wall as I needed.  

Thank you,

[scott_hayesGKKY2]

There is it's called Archicad! you can choose the core only option on any wall assembly for dimensioning and it references outside of core! Why hasn't  Revit not figured this out? I just started to learn Revit after years of Archicad and the dimensioning is driving me nuts, also selection references to centerline of walls is stupid as a default? Columns ok, but I'm trying to layout my buildings in wood light framing and defaulting to center's isn't math any framer wants to d! Right? Granted I'm totally new with Revit and must be missing something, but I'm going with the default Architectural template? Structural template-you still go to face off concrete or wood studs, I'm not doing post and beam construction where centerlines would be relevant.   All this said I'm seeing the same issues