Revit Family Preview Fine/Coarse/Medium display for MEP components

[GallowayUS_com_RonAllen1]

Working in processing pipes in Revit- the preview only shows objects in COARSE. In piping Coarse and Medium only show one-line symbol content making previews to adjust content in the preview window difficult.

• Idea- Instead of having to edit the family and save it - allow the preview window to:
  • Show the Coarse/Medium/Fine from overrides in user views the family- E.g.:
    • 3D-Coarse (coarse 3D view overrides settings in preview window)
    • 3D-FINE (Fine override shows pipe objects)
    • FP-Plan-Fine (Fine overrides shows pipe objects)
    • FP-Plan-COARSE (Shows line-work representation of components - valve, etc)
  • OR- Allow coarse/med/fine in the preview window in Revit.

It is impossible to see what associations for handle offsets, valve bodies, etc affect Pipe/Mech/Elec families in Revit. This would be highly beneficial as Revit replaces Plant 3D to modify elements in the preview for new/existing types.

[Martin__Schmid]

Hi Ron-- thanks for the suggestion. My apologies, but I'm not sure what Preview Window you are referring to.    Perhaps a simple screenshot or short screencast would help clarify?

[GallowayUS_com_RonAllen1]

The preview in the family at left:

Preview window needs "Coarse/Medium/FINE"

[Martin__Schmid]

@GallowayUS_com_RonAllen1 - thanks for following up, got it.  Though, this doesn't really seem to be MEP specific.  I wonder if this would get more votes if the request were more generic.. e.g., is this a problem for structure folks too?  Architectural users?

[GallowayUS_com_RonAllen1]

@Martin__Schmid  In the past we got by in Architectural coarse - as we always used that to show 90% of the 2d/3d Graphics- that had enough info- but with MEP using the line drawings as the default view for medium and fine, particularly piping - it hits them the hardest.

Trying to modify a family that has a mechanical shared actuator(s) or turn elements on and off for flow meters etc. is impossible in the coarse-view-only viewer. And until my users are familiar enough with Revit to edit families, I don't want them going into the families and 'just deleting' things as this will affect other types of those families irreversibly.