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CONTROL VISIBILITY OF WALL SWEEPS IN PLAN VIEWS!!

CONTROL VISIBILITY OF WALL SWEEPS IN PLAN VIEWS!!

This is another huge pain and I can't believe it hasn't been fixed yet after all these years. Wall types can host wall sweeps. Such as base, chair and ceiling moldings / cornices. Great for internal perspectives & sections, but horrible for when trying to hide in plan views. Now there seems to be a checkbox inside the Visibility graphics to turn off wall sweeps as an override. Problem is, it doesn't work!

 

The only way to sort of get some control on the visibility of the sweeps, is to play around with the View Range. In some cases, it works, but in others, objects get hidden that you need to be shown.

60 Comments
Anonymous
Not applicable

Hello everyone,  At our office we've decided to turn the projection lines from walls white.  This is not a perfect fit but seems to do the job for now.  It's ridiculous that this has been an issue for so long and now one is addressing it.  Please help Autodesk, I can't imagine it would be that big of an effort to correct.  Please.

ericJ9ZDG
Enthusiast

Bravo dborda! Thanks a million! Awsome!

antonjubani
Enthusiast

Yep, sweeps and reveals should be wall sub-categories just like the slab edges.

Not possible to even apply filters at the moment for wall sweeps.

 

 

jbramsmiller
Contributor

THIS WAS CREATED IN 2017. IT'S 2020. FIX THIS, ALREADY, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY. 

kjenningsLJM8R
Explorer

While you're at it, please allow us to control all of the wall assembly layers' individual visibility in plan views by sub category.

ericJ9ZDG
Enthusiast

Fixing (rewiring code) has its limitations. I believe that we will see an all-new Revit in the not so distant future. Until then, keep those workarounds coming. You may use Parts as a workaround for Wall layers.

Anonymous
Not applicable

+1 To creating an easy visibility on/off function.

 

From my experience developers never do anything about it, but it's always nice to dream.

Anonymous
Not applicable

+1 - I am getting this request far too often. @harlan_brumm thoughts?

Status changed to: Accepted

Congrats! We think this is a great idea, so we've decided to add it to our roadmap. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

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dswegheimer
Explorer

Excellent! I'm looking forward to seeing how this functionality is implemented!

architekten1
Explorer

Please implement this!

johnlowarchitect
Community Visitor

With the latest version of Revit 2023, I still cannot control visibility for wall sweeps that are part of the wall assembly. Revit please see to it!

mpukas
Collaborator

It's absurd that Autodesk has not fixed this issue yet. This shouldn't be an issue in the first place. All Sweep types should be a sub-category of walls, so line weights can be controlled and appear graphically correct when cut in any view, at any scale. Autodesk - PLEASE ADDRESS!!!

DavidHarrington-WPM
Contributor

I also have this problem. But it is worse since it is coming from a link. Any thoughts of adding additional info into the sweep itself or category to aid in control is not possible since the model is a link owned by another consultant.

stefan_gokstorp
Advocate

seriously this has taken you 3 years to accept and 2 years to implement? 
i have about one lesson in coding, give me acess to the source code pretty sure its not gonna take me 2 years to figure out to this.....

jseltzer
Enthusiast

don't worry, it was added to the roadmap, so it will be implemented in Revit 2035. in the meantime, they will add more useless things to the Generative Design function that maybe 2% of revit users use  

casquatch
Collaborator

This shouldn't be an Idea really, it should just be something that is already there. Should have been thought of when the ability to place a wall sweep was added or the ability to include them in a wall type (whichever came first). Revit 2023 added the ability to filter wall sweeps (not specifically any sub-categories), but yet it still didn't connect system wall sweeps with placed wall sweeps. Another missed opportunity...

 

Just allow for Wall Type structure sweeps to have a sub-category assignment, and then make sure those items are connected to the visibility in all views (and now the filter options as well with 2023).

GrantBIM
Participant

Not sure if this was updated or on another thread, but I found that simply creating a visibilty Filter in the View Template / Visibilty settings to hide a wall sweep if it has a length value.  Hope this helps

GrantBIM_0-1690422488210.png

 

diana.allaham
Explorer

Why hasn't this been added in Revit 2023? It's an annoying issue that needs to be solved...

atucke59
Explorer

It's mind-blowing that this issue still persists. I will be moving programs if this isn't solved soon.

 

Autodesk, listen to your customers. Allow us to turn off sweeps that are part of a wall assembly. How can such a big company fail to implement such a basic, common-sense feature? This is ridiculous--look at how long it's taking them.

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