Glass in Elevation View

[Anonymous]

Hi guys and girls,

I'm currently completing a set of plans for a client and have finally decided to ask about an issue that I have been having for quite some time now. I have an insitu shower family with a glass shower screen and I cant for the life of me get the screen to appear as transparent in the internal elevation view so I can see the tapware beyond.

The shower screen is an extrusion in the shower family and I have assigned glass as the material. I have also transferred project standards from project to family and vice versa to make sure that everything is on the same page. I've also changed the extrusion from a solid to a void but when I do this it eliminates the screen from plan view.

My current work around is to change the extrusion to not be visible from the front/back and left/right and then use model lines to be just visible in front/back and left/right. This appears fine but I use revit so I don't 'fudge' stuff with linework and I lose sleep over things like this.

[ToanDN]

What category is it?

[Anonymous]

I've tried it as plumbing fixture, casework as well as generic model. I've also tried to insert the screen as a nested family.

[ToanDN]

Is the elevation view the same Phase the shower was created in?

[Anonymous]

Yes everything in the entire job is created in new construction. The phase filter is "show all".

[barthbradley]

I have a theory. Want to hear it? 

[Anonymous]

Go on

[Corsten.Au]

Just suggesting a work around till someone gives you the real solution you looking for...

I would try to keep those glass in a selection and give a transparency in filter..

Following example of wall and tub behind.. that wall can be a " shower cubicle " family ..

and tapware in your case..

1. Filter 2. Graphics option transparency.

[ToanDN]

Create the glass panel as nested family so that you can TAB-select or filter-select it and override graphics to transparent.

Or instead of using a 2D elevation view, use a 3D elevation view.