Same wall style, Different display? Throw me a rope

[vanderloo5]

I'm adding walls to a drawing and they are EXACTLY the same in every way in properties but they're not showing the solid fill the original walls are showing.

I've checked everything I can think of. Can someone guide me on this. I even tried copying one of the original walls and pasting it and it also did not have the solid fill???

Thank You

[ToanDN]

Are they under the same phase?

[vanderloo5]

@ ToanDN- yes

[hmunsell]

can you select a wall and post the full Properties window?

• one for the wall you placed and one for the solid fill wall...

also are there any filters being applied to the view?

[vanderloo5]

One of each. No filters

[TripleM-Dev.net]

Hi,

No manual graphics override on the existing walls in that view?

What happens if you copy a existing wall?

- Michel

[Lachlan-JWP]

Can you post a project file with this issue so we can check a few things?

[vanderloo5]

The existing walls are not hatched so what would I be checking for?

[vanderloo5]

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hliv2vjvc0up3n1dod5we/Bufford_2S_Revised_3_26_24.rvt?rlkey=mp96yimfwe...

[TripleM-Dev.net · Accepted solution]

The wall in the image "Wall style existring.jpg", if you rightclick on that wall and then "Overrides Grapics in view" > "By Element" are in the dialog any overrides applied? (if so then the Reset button on the bottom is not grey'd out)

[vanderloo5]

Yes that was the issue. In the other walls, in the graphics overrides by element, I have the background pattern set as solid black. So I matched that condition on the new walls and they are now displaying correctly. I still don't know the best way to show new walls,(in remodel plans), as solid fill. It only displays right in coarse display level and I always like to set my views to fine.

Thank You TripleM-Dev.net

[TripleM-Dev.net]

Use Phasing, don't manually override each "New construction" wall!, Make the phase of new walls "New Construction" and the existing ones to the "Existing" phase.

And use the phasing mechanism to control the appearance, one drawback is you can only define one appearance setting for existing, new and demolisched

If you are using Revit 2022 (or maybe 2021) you can also use ViewFilter to change the appearance of walls by their Phase.

For instance set the fill of the wall material to black (for new Phase), and create a viewfilter for walls in phase existing that changes the fill to white etc...