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Edit Assembly colors

Edit Assembly colors

Is there a way you can adjust the Edit Assembly colors so that the items that you are editing are bold, and everything outside the assembly is lighter color. Right now it's flipped what i would think it should be.

Notice how you can barely see the items in the assembly in this image:

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14 Comments

This should be an .ini file setting, and the default should be one that works for most people - it's obvious the UX team at AutoDesk didn't run this past any colour blind people.

Anonymous
Not applicable

While editing assemblies in Revit 2019 the objects that are a part of the assembly turn green, ignoring any visual overrides. This makes the individual parts difficult to discern from each other. When multiple smaller parts are included in an assembly or one part is placed on another, it becomes difficult to see visually which one is being worked with. It also makes it almost impossible to select an individual part in cases like that.

 

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Anonymous
Not applicable

For accessibility reasons Revit should allow users to change the editing color of assembly members to something else than the current green + lime green colors. The current colors makes it very hard to distinguish between surfaces and edges.  As of right now these colors are hard coded. 

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autodesk
Explorer

The color choice was probably due to some people work with Black backgrounds.

completely agree with the comments. I use assemblies for shop drawings and this along with the editing issues are the biggest unnecessary aggravations. Seems like the group Edit Mode color are more useful.

can we at least match these? 

Brent
Explorer

Can Autodesk please change the way assemblies are displayed when editing the assembly. The current green color makes it impossible to see what you are editing.

schnierer.gabor
Advocate
cmckennaWDW7Z
Explorer

Agreed. Still having the same issue with Assembly editing. Making it a color choice would be the best! The current workaround of making the view display the model as "Realistic" is still not a great choice, though it is better than the lime-green wireframing you get during edits!

rmc9WR3X
Advocate

It is so difficult to work with assemblies on a white background.

ryan_smallWFRFG
Contributor

Alas another basic function that Autodesk ignores. Really hoping a competitor with some funding comes in and smashes this absolute dog of a software back into the nether.

 

contactPT5FS
Observer

 

When opening an assembly for editing, its display turns green. The volumes and outline lines blend together, making this representation very uncomfortable to work with. I suggest keeping the standard display for assemblies during modification.

 

Lorsque l'on ouvre un assemblage pour le modifier, sont affichage devient vert. Ses volumes et lignes de contours se confondent et cette représentation est très inconfortable pour travailler. Je propose de ne pas changer l'affichage des assemblages en cours de modification.


Scott_D_
Advisor

I'd prefer it if everything other than the Assembly went 50% translucent & greyscale, having everything in the assembly go green and translucent so you can't see what is what is quite irritating.

contactPT5FS
Observer
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Status changed to: Accepted

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Status changed to: Implemented

This is now available in Revit 2027! Thanks to everyone who contributed feedback - this directly influenced the feature.

Customizable Editing Color

 

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