Imported CAD Solid Hatch vanishes in Textures Visual Style when Transparency is >0%

Imported CAD Solid Hatch vanishes in Textures Visual Style when Transparency is >0%

omb_tsargent
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Imported CAD Solid Hatch vanishes in Textures Visual Style when Transparency is >0%

omb_tsargent
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I am using Revit 2024
I have a planting family with a CAD file inserted into it. 

When I place the planting family in my project it looks great. 
In a view with the Textures Visual Style applied it looks great too.
UNTIL I increase the transparency of the Planting category (or by object) above 0%. 
When I set Planting transparency to 40% the Solid Hatch for the trees vanishes completely. 
Same at 1%. 
I would expect the material applied to the Object Style to not vanish, but to display the Material's Graphic's Shading Color, but with a 50% transparency. 

 

  • Adding an Image to the Appearance asset for the material applied to the hatches also doesn't solve the problem. 
  • Modifying Object Styles doesn't solve the problem.
  • Modifying Materials in Object styles doesn't solve the problem.
  • The issue only exists in the Textures Visual Style.
  • When I select the planting family, it only shows the linework, the fill doesn't get selected and turned solid blue.
  • Changing from Planting family to Generic Model family doesn't solve the problem.

If I import the CAD file directly into the project, I can adjust transparency as I would normally expect.

 

Am I missing a step in setting up my planting family? Or is it a bug that Nested CAD in a family will stop displaying filled regions in the Textures Visual Style when any transparency is applied?


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EricaConcolino_Symetri
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Care to share the family and CAD file, to help troubleshoot?  This is hard to diagnose without.

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RDAOU
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@omb_tsargent 

 

You stated, "Solid hatch disappears when transparency is applied." This implies that it's a 2D CAD hatch, i.e., transparency won't work in such a case.

 

What type of object is this CAD import? Is it a 2D hatch, a mesh, a surface, or a solid?

 

 

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omb_tsargent
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Attached are the CAD file and the family.

In CAD, it is a 2D Hatch. The hatch is a "Solid" hatch eg. continuous fill, no pattern. 
Importing just the CAD into a project permits transparency. 
Importing the family with the nested CAD does not permit transparency. 
This doesn't feel intended.

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omb_tsargent
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@EricaConcolino_Symetri 
@RDAOU 
See above post for responses. 

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