Existing Phase

[Anonymous]

I have a drawing, and when i set phase to Existing, none of the existing elements show up. Phase filter is set to show existing. I didn't create this drawing, so i'm wondering if a setting was changed somewhere that i'm not thinking of.

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

Set the phase filter to show All.  Show existing (or previous) only show what built before the Existing phase.  It's all relative if you know what I mean.

[Anonymous]

omgish, that is embarrassingly obvious. thank you! i knew it was something silly i wasn't thinking of. 

[chrisplyler]

Don't feel bad. Took me a bit to wrap my head around the concept back when I was learning how phasing worked in Revit. Once you get it, it seems obvious, but before you get it, it's confusing.

[ToanDN]

That's why I change all the Phase Filters name to never reference a particular Phase to avoid confusions.  I was fed when folks in the office asking why New elements didn't show even the existing view set to Show New.  

What I have now:

Phases:

- Existing

- Phase 1

- Phase n

Filters:

- Show All (cannot change)

- Show All as As-built (for existing plans)

- Show Previous + Demo (for demo plans)

- Show Previous + Current (for new plans)

- Show Complete