View range mess

[KristianPocsik]

Hello there,

I need help with my view range setup. What I am trying to do is this:

I want to show my basement foundation slabs 

but also

I want to show my 1st level foundation slabs 

on the same floorplan. Is that even possible? Like to combine multiple floorplans?

[barthbradley]

Show Hidden Lines. 

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/Revit-D....

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/Revit-D....

[KristianPocsik]

Did not help at all.. This is what I need to do...

this is my basement level /basement foundation/

and this is my 1st floor foundation level

I need to "merge" these two into one floorplan... Do I do that in sheets? or can I do that in one floor plan?

[barthbradley]

What do you mean by "merge"? They are on different Levels; right?  If so, wouldn't one be directly below other?  And if that is so, wouldn't the correct representation of the one below be in hidden lines - indicating that the below elements are obscured?  

[KristianPocsik]

True, but since I study in Slovakia and the standard here is "Merging" the two together it's kinda complicated... 

Where the level changes we usually just add a dashed line with a height to indicate a change. But I think I have a workaround that will work... Thank you for now

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

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@KristianPocsik wrote:

Did not help at all.. This is what I need to do...

this is my basement level /basement foundation/

and this is my 1st floor foundation level

I need to "merge" these two into one floorplan... Do I do that in sheets? or can I do that in one floor plan?

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Overlaying two views on sheet should be the most simple way to go about this.

If you want them in one view then add a plan region to modify view range locally.

[KristianPocsik · Accepted solution]

That is what I did... I put them on top of each other and masked the unwanted areas... thank you

[barthbradley]

So, what you guys do is overlap both plan views on a sheet; right?  How are the 2 plan view differentiated? Shading? Coloring?  Or does it not matter for your purposes?         

[KristianPocsik]

The red squared represents a place where the foundation in split into 2 levels, the darker reds show the height...

Idk why they do it like this, but since I have to...

[barthbradley]

Okay, it's clear now.  Pretty common here too.  One View with two different View Ranges via a Plan Region.  

[KristianPocsik]

I could have just posted that and we would know... Okay... so plan region it is... Lemme get to work now haha... Thank you again

[KristianPocsik]

2 More things....

I need to add dot dashed liens (for walls above) to the foundations... set it in VG and set my original view range. But they are not showing up... 

second. I need to add slabs (spaces infront of windows in basement). But the same. I have set it to display slabs and nothing...

[barthbradley]

Again, it sounds like something we do with the Hidden Lines tool, which I mentioned at the onset.  

[KristianPocsik]

Well, I tried but since I have my walls on another sheet and foundations on another, I can't really do much with the hidden lines tool.

[barthbradley]

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@KristianPocsik wrote:

Well, I tried but since I have my walls on another sheet and foundations on another, I can't really do much with the hidden lines tool.

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You can't use the Linework Tool?  

[KristianPocsik]

 I need the orange lines... Porbs could use the detail line tool for that. But no, i can't use the linework tool

[barthbradley]

Why can't you use LW?  

[KristianPocsik]

When I use LW I can't modify the lines that are not there. Since I can't see the walls (they are above), I cant change the Line Type. Again, I have set the range and the VG

[ToanDN]

You can have walls as dashed lines and foundation as solid lines within one view:

- set the view range cut plane to cut the wall, above the foundation

- set walls category cut line to dashed line and thinner line weight, turn off walls cut patterns

[barthbradley]

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@KristianPocsik wrote:

When I use LW I can't modify the lines that are not there. Since I can't see the walls (they are above), I cant change the Line Type. Again, I have set the range and the VG

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Raise the View Range temporarily, use the LW Tool on those edges, and then return the View Range to original. Bada bing.