Transparent Hatch Pattern from Autocad Linked File

[MuirEng]

okay, here is what I am trying to do. I'm using some 2d autocad files in my Revit model. One is a floor plan and one is a ceiling plan. The ceiling plan has a hatch pattern where there are dropped bulkheads.

I've laid the two files on top of one another, with offset, so the floor plan is at 0' and the ceiling is at 8'. I can then lay down my lights and stuff (I do electrical). All of this works just fine, and it lets me use very similar processes when I have projects where I am supplied a Revit model and projects where I only get AutoCAD.

The only problem I am fighting is that I want this bulkhead hatch to be transparent, so that items on the floor plan show up. (so that I can show that a pot light is centered over a sink for example).

VG settings doesn't seem to give me any transparency options on the linked cad file. The only workaround I have so far is to change the hatch pattern away from solid but the plots are less than satisfying.

ideas?

thanks!

[ToanDN]

---

@MuirEng wrote:

Hi, I ran a test with all setting same as your second screen shot. No change in output. I don't find anywhere a screen like your first screenshot but I'll dig some more. But could this be some difference in my file vs your test file?

thanks again for the help

(I'm running Revit 2017 at the moment)

---

The 1st screenshot appears right after you click the OK button from the Revit print dialog.

[MuirEng]

Back from holiday... Okay, my settings match yours, so I'm not sure what is going on. It's kind of annoying but not worth much more time.