Generic Models Exporting to dwg with wrong Colour

Generic Models Exporting to dwg with wrong Colour

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Generic Models Exporting to dwg with wrong Colour

rebar_eater
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For some reason, when I export revit views or sheets to dwg files, any generic models export as colour 59 in Autocad, making them nearly invisible on autocad's black background. I've looked at the dwg export settings and set all generic model projection lines and cut lines to export on a specific layer (A-GENM) with a specific colour (13). When opening the exported dwg files, the generic models are exported as blocks on the correct layer, as are the lines within those blocks, but the properties of the blocks and all lines within them are set with a colour override to colour 59. This happens to any 3d elements in generic model families, but not to model lines within those families. I have looked through the entire set of export options, and I cannot find even a single instance where colour 59 is set. Why is this happening and how can I fix it?

 

Shown here is a sample of the dwg export settings for generic models in revit.

revit settings.png

 

Shown here are the resulting elements in autocad, showing the proper colour on the layer, and the incorrect colour set as an override.

Acad result.png

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barthbradley
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Post the RVT you are exporting.  Attach it to a reply post.  

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rebar_eater
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I cannot provide the Revit model I am exporting, as it is confidential to the project I am working on. Can you maybe let me know what settings you might look at?

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ToanDN
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rebar_eater
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I did what you mentioned, and it resulted in all of the lines in the dwg file being pure white, except for the generic model lines, which are still displaying as colour 59 for some reason.

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barthbradley
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@rebar_eater wrote:

Can you maybe let me know what settings you might look at?


 

No. I would go where the troubleshooting led me. How about you list, in chronological order, every step of your workflow?  Throw some screenshots in along the way.  Give us enough detail to replicate your issue.  Can you do that? 

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hmunsell
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have you checked what your Export Layer Options settings is set to? try the "Export all properties BYLAYER but do not export overrides" option.

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rebar_eater
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Yes, this seems to have worked! Everything is exporting in the right colours now, thank you!

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trantuantqt95
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I also have this issue and it's still not fixed. So if you have any way to fix it, please let me know. :((

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