Setting up grayscale elevations

[vanessaH6CHC]

Our office is switching from CAD to revit for some projects and I am having issues with trying to create a workflow that makes an elevation shaded versus full colour. 

attached is an example of a cad drawing with the coloured version and the black and white version. In cad we would have overridden the layers in the viewport to black and white colours

We have the colour version in revit but we want to make a black and white version without loosing the coloured sheet.

We have duplicated the views already.

Any suggestions?

[barthbradley]

You can have a colored background with Hidden Line/Shaded Views.  Change the Background via Graphic Display Options. 

[vanessaH6CHC]

Thanks Barth, we already know how to change that. I am asking about the colours on the building, not the sky.

[barthbradley]

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@vanessaH6CHC wrote:

Thanks Barth, we already know how to change that. I am asking about the colours on the building, not the sky.

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Got you. 

How about Overlaying Views on Sheets to get that effect?  

...What about Override Graphics in View by Element(s)?  Can't you get there that way?  

[vanessaH6CHC]

I am not sure what you mean by overlaying views. Can you expand on this suggestion?

Override graphics may work for some projects but a good chunk of our projects use the paint feature to accomplish the colours we want which is what makes it tricky.

As far as i understand i'd have to override the colours of the material I use to paint (in the mat. browser)  to get that to work in those situations. Does surface pattern override shading in all views regardless of the visual style?

[barthbradley]

Override Graphics in View.  (Right-Click Menu Option). 

Help | Override Visibility and Graphic Display of Individual Elements | Autodesk

Regarding hierarchy of Graphic Overrides: 

Help | Element Visibility Override Hierarchy | Autodesk

[ToanDN]

Create a view template that override surface pattern of various categories to the gray colors you want.

[vanessaH6CHC · Accepted solution]

Hey guys. Thanks for your help!

I used a combo of your suggestions with the workflow of someone who commented on my idea. Attached is a pdf that goes thru the steps I did to accomplish it. Hopefully it can help someone in the future if they never add it to the program as a visual style!

Idea forum - New Visual Style - Black and White shaded 

[barthbradley]

You might want to create View Templates with those Overrides too. 

Help | About View Templates | Autodesk

Also, look into Filters. 

Help | About Rule-Based Filters | Autodesk

[ToanDN]

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@vanessaH6CHC wrote:

Hey guys. Thanks for your help!

I used a combo of your suggestions with the workflow of someone who commented on my idea. Attached is a pdf that goes thru the steps I did to accomplish it. Hopefully it can help someone in the future if they never add it to the program as a visual style!

Idea forum - New Visual Style - Black and White shaded 

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Instead of override every material, you could just do what I said above to accomplish the same effect.

[vanessaH6CHC]

The issue was if I have 3 colours of walls that need 3 different shades of grey to differentiate them, a single override of the wall category for example would not work.

I think that in the future I will try out rule based filters to see if they work in the conditions we have as well.

Thanks for the help!

[ToanDN]

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@vanessaH6CHC wrote:
The issue was if I have 3 colours of walls that need 3 different shades of grey to differentiate them, a single override of the wall category for example would not work.

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If you need different shades of gray then modifying the materials is a good approach.

[barthbradley]

Another effect that you can apply in Revit to make your elevation "pop" is Silhouettes (under Graphic Display Options). 

SILHOUETTES: A quick way to make elevations POP - YouTube

Help | Graphic Display Options | Autodesk