REVIT 21 - Realistic display creates soft shadows for elevations

REVIT 21 - Realistic display creates soft shadows for elevations

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REVIT 21 - Realistic display creates soft shadows for elevations

miro.salorantaHYFQV
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Hello

My problem is that with previous versions revit has been able to create sharp shadows in elevations with realistic material mapping ea. using .jpg tile texture or wood cladding in elevations. This was possible when using "realistic" model display. 

Now in revit 21 I'm not able to create the same visual style. Instead of creating sharp shadows like in "hidden line" "shaded" or  "consistent colors" the problem is that "realistic" view creates soft and more realistic shadows. This is a very nice feature to have but is it still possible to create the good old sharp shadows while using realistic material display in elevation views. I could not find any solution for this in the Graphic display options.

 

The sharp shadows are an important feature for understanding elevation drawings. Now a lot of information is lost in the views because the shadows are much too blurred. Especially height differences in the elevations are harder to read.

 

You can see the difference in the shadows in the attachments. "capture1" shows the soft shadows created in Revit 21 and "capture2" shows the sharp shadows that still existed in Revit 18

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I managed to get a descent visual style but only using 3D view projection(capture 4.jpg). For some reason the shadows are much too blurry and distorted in the corners when using elevation view together with realistic display (capture3.jpg).

 

I have updated the latest versions for Revit 2021 but the problem won't disappear.

 

Does anyone have a sollution for this? below images capture 3 and capture 4

Capture3.JPG

  

Capture4.JPG

 

The only problem now is that I can't add any spot elevations to the image nor dimensions.

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