Trying to Perfect my Elevations (Depth and Silhouettes)

[Anonymous]

<via Revit 2017>

Two questions...

1. I have been playing with the Depth Cueing and noticed no matter what I do in the Revit program, the Elevations come out grey or faded when I create PDFs.  I believe it has something to do with Raster vs Vector, but I don't know much more than that. When I turn OFF Depth Cueing, the Elevations come out darker/clearer, but then I have no depth..  Is anyone else having this issue?  Any advice? (see attachment 1)

2. Along with playing with the Depth Cueing, I've also changed the Silhouettes to a Medium Lineweight.  Looks great with Depth Cueing!  EXCEPT, now I can't edit certain walls/items' linetypes.  For instance, I want a certain wall to be Dashed because it's an "optional" add-on. Is there a way I can keep an overall Medium lineweight for my elevations' edges and still edit the linetypes of certain portions? (see attachment 2)

[ToanDN]

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@Anonymous wrote:

<via Revit 2017>

Two questions...

1. I have been playing with the Depth Cueing and noticed no matter what I do in the Revit program, the Elevations come out grey or faded when I create PDFs.  I believe it has something to do with Raster vs Vector, but I don't know much more than that. When I turn OFF Depth Cueing, the Elevations come out darker/clearer, but then I have no depth..  Is anyone else having this issue?  Any advice? (see attachment 1)

Turn on Depth Cueing and you have to print to raster, not vector, and obviously that affects the quality of the prints.  Don't use it.  If you want depth on elevations, see example below - I use semi-transparent mass faces to get the Depth effect.

2. Along with playing with the Depth Cueing, I've also changed the Silhouettes to a Medium Lineweight.  Looks great with Depth Cueing!  EXCEPT, now I can't edit certain walls/items' linetypes.  For instance, I want a certain wall to be Dashed because it's an "optional" add-on. Is there a way I can keep an overall Medium lineweight for my elevations' edges and still edit the linetypes of certain portions? (see attachment 2)

Silhouettes always override other line styles.  It prints to raster too so I would not use it if I need high quality prints and different line patterns.

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[Anonymous]

So, in order to have all four elevations of the building showing depth, I would have to made 8 semi-transparent masses?

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@ToanDN wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

<via Revit 2017>

Two questions...

1. I have been playing with the Depth Cueing and noticed no matter what I do in the Revit program, the Elevations come out grey or faded when I create PDFs.  I believe it has something to do with Raster vs Vector, but I don't know much more than that. When I turn OFF Depth Cueing, the Elevations come out darker/clearer, but then I have no depth..  Is anyone else having this issue?  Any advice? (see attachment 1)

Turn on Depth Cueing and you have to print to raster, not vector, and obviously that affects the quality of the prints.  Don't use it.  If you want depth on elevations, see example below - I use semi-transparent mass faces to get the Depth effect.

[ToanDN]

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@Anonymous wrote:

So, in order to have all four elevations of the building showing depth, I would have to made 8 semi-transparent masses?

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Or one mass with different surfaces.