Pattern component Shadow?

[Anonymous]

So I created the following pattern component as my light filter for my design. But the shadow from it looks like a regular orthogonal grid. Only if I select one of the created components, the shadow changes and looks like the actual pattern I made. Is there any way to fix this?

[ToanDN]

How does it look if you print to a PDF?

[barthbradley]

Is it actual geometry? 

[Anonymous]

I created a pattern component family, which I then assigned to the dace of a massing element

[Anonymous]

The shadows look right both when I save it as a PDF and when in sheet view. 

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

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@Anonymous wrote:

The shadows look right both when I save it as a PDF and when in sheet view. 

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Then no need to be worried.  Revit just simplifies the shadow graphic on screen to increase performance.

[Anonymous]

Thank you!