Lighting plan shows plumbing fixtures n the foreground

[lwindsor]

I am working on a lighting plan for a small renovation project and am using a ceiling plan.  As shown in the clouded areas of the attached image, it seams as though the plumbing fixtures are showing in the foreground over my lighting fixtures.  I have tried removing masking regions from plumbing families, adding masking regions to lighting families, and assigning work planes to lines and masking regions.  None of these things have worked.  Any ideas, or better, solutions, would be greatly appreciates. 

Thanks in advance!

[ToanDN]

Are plumbing fixture from turning on Underlay?  What is the view range cut plane height?

[lwindsor]

Thanks for the quick (almost light speed) response.  I have no underlay and my top is set to 10'-0", my cut plane is set to 2'-0", and my bottom plane is grayed out (all to associated level).  My view depth is unlimited.  

Maybe I don't need to show plumbing fixtures in my lighting plan, but I like to show where fan/light combos and over mirror lights are relative to the fixtures.  

[lwindsor]

Sorry, I should add that my ceiling is at 9'-0".
Thanks

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

How's it look after zooming to fit?  How's it Print?  

[ToanDN]

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@lwindsor wrote:

Thanks for the quick (almost light speed) response.  I have no underlay and my top is set to 10'-0", my cut plane is set to 2'-0", and my bottom plane is grayed out (all to associated level).  My view depth is unlimited.  

Maybe I don't need to show plumbing fixtures in my lighting plan, but I like to show where fan/light combos and over mirror lights are relative to the fixtures.  

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2'-0" is very low.  Can you raise the cut plane to above the plumbing fixture?

[RobDraw]

Plumbing fixtures belong on floor plans.

[lwindsor]

I should have thought of that. It still looks off zoomed out, but it does print fine (even to PDF). That is what matters. This is much more helpful than the snarky and inaccurate posts made by others. I greatly appreciate your help.
Thanks and have a great day!!

[HVAC-Novice]

I have plumbing fixtures with 50% or so transparency for lighting plans. I also add thickness to the lines of lighting fixtures and devices to emphasize the important part (lighting in this case) compared to non-lighting. IMHO they need to be on the lighting plans for reference so you know where the sink etc. are since the lighting designer needs to know what is in the space and where to illuminate, locate switches etc. 

I also keep cut-plane lower so i see the doors (light switches etc.)

I think the way Revit handles that is not good, but the above is my best workaround.

[lwindsor]

Hi inkus,
That is good thinking and has worked in other drawings. I do have my plumbing fixtures set to transparency, and have tried different levels of transparency. It just wasn't working this time for some reason. I could see lighting fixtures through the plumbing fixtures, but the projection lines of the plumbing fixtures were still on top. Either way, barthbradly helped by asking how it printed. It does look the way I want when it prints, so how it looks on the screen is of no consequence.
Thanks for your help though enkus. Have a great day!

[lwindsor]

I tried that ToanDN, but it didn't correct it. Thanks for the response though. Have a great day!

[RobDraw]

You can call it sparky but not inaccurate. I'll stand by my comment all day long. If you want to see anything that is not ceiling mounted, you should be using floor plans. Floor and wall mounded fixtures do not belong on RCPs.

[HVAC-Novice]

Sometimes a PDF will turn out different than what you see in Revit. This is annoying since while designing I like to see it exactly the way it looks for the contractor on PDF/paper. 

You can turn off categories. I personally like to show what is in the room. I design the lighting, so seeing what is in the room is needed.