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Using Filters for hiding and showing more than one pipe at the time,

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Anonymous
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Using Filters for hiding and showing more than one pipe at the time,

Anonymous
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Hello Revit users.

I have 10 "System type " of pipes .  Hot, cold, circulation, spinkler, waste...etc

In my template view , "either section , plan , or 3D" I wanna show only lets say , Hot and Cold pipes.

I created filters for every "Filter:system type ,, equals its type " or not equal to ...

It works if i wanna  show one and hide all the rest , by checking the mark of filter in VV.

Hower I coudn't make it possible to show  two different types together and hide all others

(I can only show one type lets say hot water and hide everything else , and once i check 2 marks of system type lets say HOT and COLD all my pipes disapear) .

 

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Using Filters for hiding and showing more than one pipe at the time,

Hello Revit users.

I have 10 "System type " of pipes .  Hot, cold, circulation, spinkler, waste...etc

In my template view , "either section , plan , or 3D" I wanna show only lets say , Hot and Cold pipes.

I created filters for every "Filter:system type ,, equals its type " or not equal to ...

It works if i wanna  show one and hide all the rest , by checking the mark of filter in VV.

Hower I coudn't make it possible to show  two different types together and hide all others

(I can only show one type lets say hot water and hide everything else , and once i check 2 marks of system type lets say HOT and COLD all my pipes disapear) .

 

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Message 2 of 13
ToanDN
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ToanDN
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Create one Filter for each type using "Equal to". Do not use "Not equal to". Then you can have any combination of types you want.
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Create one Filter for each type using "Equal to". Do not use "Not equal to". Then you can have any combination of types you want.
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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It works for plan view templates , however for section view new template it does not .

I created new plumbing section template were I wanna hide some other pipes in it .

so I made filters "equal to",  for each system type in the template , however checking  or unchecking them changes nothing in the section view

I'v attached a jpg image for the filters

 

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It works for plan view templates , however for section view new template it does not .

I created new plumbing section template were I wanna hide some other pipes in it .

so I made filters "equal to",  for each system type in the template , however checking  or unchecking them changes nothing in the section view

I'v attached a jpg image for the filters

 

Message 4 of 13
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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It works for plan view templates , however for section view new template it does not .

I created new plumbing section template were I wanna hide some other pipes in it .

so I made filters "equal to",  for each system type in the template , however checking  or unchecking them changes nothing in the section view

I'v attached a jpg image for the filters

 

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It works for plan view templates , however for section view new template it does not .

I created new plumbing section template were I wanna hide some other pipes in it .

so I made filters "equal to",  for each system type in the template , however checking  or unchecking them changes nothing in the section view

I'v attached a jpg image for the filters

 

Message 5 of 13
J.Wehmer
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I renamed all the piping systems to have a prefix, that determines what types of plans they can show on, ex:

D-Cold Water

S-Sanitary Sewer

M-Med Oxygen

F-Natural Gas

SD-Storm Drainage

 

Next I made a filter that looks to exclude all of the (NOT) system type, in your example if would be pipes of (NOT)Domestic Classification. Then turn off their visibility in the filters. This combined filter make you a Riser-ready view in less than a minute and not have to fuss with a bunch of extra filters.

 

 

system types.png

 

You can combine any flavor of system types that are in your model to make combined views, that will show/hide any combination you need.


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I renamed all the piping systems to have a prefix, that determines what types of plans they can show on, ex:

D-Cold Water

S-Sanitary Sewer

M-Med Oxygen

F-Natural Gas

SD-Storm Drainage

 

Next I made a filter that looks to exclude all of the (NOT) system type, in your example if would be pipes of (NOT)Domestic Classification. Then turn off their visibility in the filters. This combined filter make you a Riser-ready view in less than a minute and not have to fuss with a bunch of extra filters.

 

 

system types.png

 

You can combine any flavor of system types that are in your model to make combined views, that will show/hide any combination you need.


-Please click accept as solution if this answers your question!
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Anonymous
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If you filter with the aid of kind call, you will ought to create fittings for every distinct pipe on your constructing. This could be a dozen or greater and gets actually bulky as you can see this page. If you create systems, and clear out with the aid of device kind and machine name you only need one pipe type and one becoming kind.

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If you filter with the aid of kind call, you will ought to create fittings for every distinct pipe on your constructing. This could be a dozen or greater and gets actually bulky as you can see this page. If you create systems, and clear out with the aid of device kind and machine name you only need one pipe type and one becoming kind.

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Mahmoud.Ziedan
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@Anonymous 

Please lookout for the default filters found in the default Revit template.

For instance, when we are talking about ducting there is a default filter system inside VG for supply, return and exhaust. Unfortunately, these filter systems are based on system classification, not system type. In other words, if you created a new system for example fresh air it will be based on supply air so the duct system is fresh air whereas the system classification will remain supply air, and this will make a lot of problems.

So I recommend reviewing all the filter systems especially the default and make sure they are built based on system type, not system classification.

Also, pay attention if there is a filter system that combines hot and cold water usually it is named domestic water so if this is turned off(unchecked) then even if you turned the cold water on(check) it will not be affected.

If this still doesn't solve your issue please upload your project to check it.

Please, if this solved your issue, marked as an answer to help others.:)

 

 

 


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@Anonymous 

Please lookout for the default filters found in the default Revit template.

For instance, when we are talking about ducting there is a default filter system inside VG for supply, return and exhaust. Unfortunately, these filter systems are based on system classification, not system type. In other words, if you created a new system for example fresh air it will be based on supply air so the duct system is fresh air whereas the system classification will remain supply air, and this will make a lot of problems.

So I recommend reviewing all the filter systems especially the default and make sure they are built based on system type, not system classification.

Also, pay attention if there is a filter system that combines hot and cold water usually it is named domestic water so if this is turned off(unchecked) then even if you turned the cold water on(check) it will not be affected.

If this still doesn't solve your issue please upload your project to check it.

Please, if this solved your issue, marked as an answer to help others.:)

 

 

 


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Message 8 of 13
iainsavage
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iainsavage
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I generally use system abbreviation. 

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I generally use system abbreviation. 

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Mahmoud.Ziedan
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@iainsavage 

If you have supply air and fresh air.How can you control the visibility of each based on system abbreviation??

For example, if I want to show the fresh air ducts and turn off the supply ducts.


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@iainsavage 

If you have supply air and fresh air.How can you control the visibility of each based on system abbreviation??

For example, if I want to show the fresh air ducts and turn off the supply ducts.


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Message 10 of 13
iainsavage
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iainsavage
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2 different systems, 2 different abbreviations. SA and FAI?.

In healthcare etc we might have several different types of extract. General, foul, fume etc. Different systems, different abbreviations.

Am I missing something?

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2 different systems, 2 different abbreviations. SA and FAI?.

In healthcare etc we might have several different types of extract. General, foul, fume etc. Different systems, different abbreviations.

Am I missing something?

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Mahmoud.Ziedan
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@iainsavage 

Iam sorry I meant system classification....

yes sure for abbreviation it works just fine.


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@iainsavage 

Iam sorry I meant system classification....

yes sure for abbreviation it works just fine.


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iainsavage
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@Mahmoud.Ziedan Your question did prompt me to ask myself why I do it that way and I think it goes back to when I started with version 2015 - I seem to recall that filtering by system type wasn’t possible then so system abbreviation was used instead and I’m still using the same filters that I setup 6 or 7 years ago - maybe old fashioned now but its still a valid option.

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@Mahmoud.Ziedan Your question did prompt me to ask myself why I do it that way and I think it goes back to when I started with version 2015 - I seem to recall that filtering by system type wasn’t possible then so system abbreviation was used instead and I’m still using the same filters that I setup 6 or 7 years ago - maybe old fashioned now but its still a valid option.

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Mahmoud.Ziedan
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@iainsavage 

Yes, you are totally right. Also before this, we were not able to duplicate a new system type so we used to rely on the duct types and we used to name the duct family by the system...Revit has really developed a lot.

you and I can figure out how much we were in pain 🙂


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@iainsavage 

Yes, you are totally right. Also before this, we were not able to duplicate a new system type so we used to rely on the duct types and we used to name the duct family by the system...Revit has really developed a lot.

you and I can figure out how much we were in pain 🙂


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