Create a color scheme for all categories other than rooms, area and/of spaces

[AndreasPorreye_BB]

It would be helpful to be able to automagically generate a color scheme for wall, floor or ceiling types present in the project without needing to manually create a bunch of filters.

This is possible for rooms, area and spaces for a wide variaty of parameters for these categories, so it might be possible also for other kind of categories: walls, floors, ceiling, generic models, ...

[Anonymous]

Please enable ability to turn on room color fills in reflected ceiling plan.  We have to use a workaround of layered views on a sheet to make this work which is not ideal.

[jkidder]

I agree, this is very annoying.  We can use them in plans and sections, there is no reason why we might not need to convey the same information in a ceiling plan!

[Anonymous]

Option to asign Color Scheme for Ceiling Plans

[colin_magner]

Please don't forget to make this work for spaces too.

[gmp-autodesk1]

This would help a lot with creating colored suspended ceiling plans because it is not necessary to work with filters.

[harlan_brumm]

Thanks for your submission and votes on this idea!  We are evaluating where this request falls into our roadmap and will provide an update when we have made a decision. 

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[Scott_D_]

I use space colour fill a lot, I use it to show which SPaces I have added electrical circuits to. This tells me how much work I still have to do an any given floor and stops me going over the same areas more than once in error.

I can't do this for lighting views as they are RCPs. It would be useful.

[colin_magner]

Scott,

As a tip you could apply a filter to colour devices that have been circuited or have not been circuited, and override their colour on plan to show what you've done.

Regards,

Colin

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[Scott_D_]

I occasionally use colour to differentiate between different kinds of systems so it wouldn't work in all cases but for simple jobs that would work just fine.

Thanks Colin, that's a good idea. 

[torizumi-t]

We can use "color schemes" only in the plan view.
We would like to use "color schemes" in the ceiling plan view.

[sasha.crotty]

Thanks for taking the time to submit your idea. Unfortunately, this idea did not get the support of the community over the last 6 months and as such we will not be pursuing it at this time. Please feel free to rework (titles and clear descriptions are really important) and resubmit this one down the road.

[yoshihiro.o]

I would like to color the ceiling plans with the "ceiling finish" parameter of the room

I would like you to be able to use the color scheme even in the ceiling plans.

[revitpeon]

Color schemes are a handy and flexible feature.  So why can't we use them in an RCP view?   A search for this topic leads you to this HOK post:

http://www.hokbimsolutions.com/2012/12/color-schemes-in-reflected-ceiling-plans.html

Which has some workarounds, none of which is as good as just allowing you to select a color scheme for the RCP.

As a general topic, I feel like Autodesk spends a lot of time thinking about how architects will use revit within the same office, but leaves consultants out in the cold.   This is one example of that-- many consultants work primarily in RCPs and there are a lot of issues and limitations with RCP views.

[PeterKnight]

A reflected ceiling plan is no different to a plan. It's senseless to treat them as different and require very un-BIM work arounds.

[PeterKnight]

An RCP is a plan, it should act the same. 

[thomas-holon]

I'm surprised it's been over 2 years since this came under review, and it's still not been implemented.

[thomas-holon]

EDIT: Remove comment is impossible?

[Anonymous]

Great for plan diagramming such as back of house vs front of house. Currently we group fileld regions and copy/paste.

[kimberly_fuhrman-jones]

In an effort to consolidate threads, we are updating this thread to Gathering Support. We are continuing to evaluate where this request falls into our roadmap and will provide an update when we have made a decision. 

We are in the process of improving and consolidating the Revit Ideas. This is by no means a downgrade...simply part of our cleanup efforts. Rest assured that your Idea and feedback is valuable to our teams, and that your Idea will continue to be reviewed. 

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