Revit 2023 - Structural Discipline Hidden Line Visibility Issue W/ >250 Beam Elements

[EWhite_GMS]

All,

Has anyone else encountered an issue where modeling several hundred elements on a level cause the hidden lines to not show correctly? This happens on wood framed projects where any sizeable project can have hundreds of beam elements on each floor.

Two screenshots attached show less than 250 beam elements showing hidden lines correctly and more than 250 beam elements where the hidden lines do not show correctly.

With more than 250 elements, the hidden lines are not being drawn correctly. Each time a beam system or girder is moved, the hidden lines will "redraw" but incorrectly with many either not visible or showing solid lines.

When printing, the document will print ALL hidden lines correctly. Only the visibility on the screen is incorrect.

This appears to be a software issue.

We have seen this happen on all office computers with various specifications.

All have Nvidia Quadro P2000 video cards or better and 16GB RAM or better.

Does anyone know if this is a known issue and planned to be resolved?

Thanks!

-Eric

[peticid]

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[peticid]

Dear Daniel,

Whenever we are discussing about functionalities that are not part of a commercially available Revit version, we have to use the Revit Preview forum. This is to make it easy for the community members to differentiate between current features and things that may or may not turn into actual features or improvements. Also, due to legal constraints, we have to separate the discussions spread across these two forums.

In order to access links to the Revit Preview forums, please first enroll to become a member: https://feedback.autodesk.com/key/LHMJFVHGJK085G2M

We constantly aim to deliver improvements and fixes as soon as practical, also addressing previously released versions, when this is technically possible (i.e. compatibility with the Revit code of an existing version). We are unable to provide specifics of delivery dates for fixes, features or enhancements.

I would really appreciate it if you could test how your project looks like in the latest Revit Preview release version and give us your feedback on the dedicated Beta forum thread.

You could also provide us more feedback on our Revit public roadmap. 

Kind regards,

[norm_rinehart1]

Is there an update that fixes this yet? Looks like the original post was 5 months ago.

[peticid]

Hi everyone,

Revit 2024 has just been released and it includes a fix that should address many of the cases referred to in this thread. I cannot speak with certainty, since we couldn't test everyone's files, but I highly recommend trying it out for your projects where you faced this display issue. 

Kind regards,

[semi]

have asked this question several times:

see https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-structure-forum/beam-hidden-lines-not-showing-in-plan-view-but-... 

practically same thing, all they said "it will be fixed in coming updates"

[Arnout-]

Hi,

when will this fix for Revit 2024 be implemented in a fix for Revit 2023?

We see this problem in bigger projects with beams, floors, structural foundations etc.

Best egards,

Arnout

[semi]

Is this still an issue in 2024? Oo 

[Ignus.E]

I have seen the same issue in Revit 2023 and tested it in Revit 2024 with the same model and seems to be fixed in Revit 2024. So far have not seen this issue in 2024 version.

[semi]

I would also love to see the possibility to set transparancy to objects in a structural discipline, but that's for another topic.

[norm_rinehart1]

This is a serious issue that needs to be fixed in Revit 2023. I can't expect all disciplines to upgrade their models to 2024 just because I am having an issue with 2023. I've already had to request that we not upgrade on of my projects to 2023 for this same reason. As far as I'm concerned Revit 2023 is unusable for me, but it's not an issue for other disciplines. When will there be an update?

[aponomareva]

When will this be fixed? We are facing the same problem in R2023.1.1. 
It's an excruciating inconvenience. Please, fix it.

[peticid · Accepted solution]

Hi everyone,  

A few days ago, Revit 2023.1.2 has been released and it also includes a couple of fixes related to hidden lines. For those of you who use Revit 2023 and experience such issues, please install this latest update and  see how the views are displayed. If the problem still persists, please share the files with me on this thread or send me a private message.

Here you can read more about this latest update.

Kind regards,

[EWhite_GMS]

Thanks for the update @peticid. 
Great to see this issue resolved. Revit 2023 - v.2023.1.2 does fix the issue for our users.

[peticid]

Happy to hear this, Eric.

Thank you for sharing the feedback!

Kind regards,

[gratzlaff]

Same problem here, we're creating an architectural model and trying to show electrical outlets behind furniture.  We use the "show hidden lines" tool to make the outlets appear through the furniture.  Its visible in revit but when we print using the Vector Processing the outlets do not print.  However if we print using the Raster Processing setting, which we don't prefer to use, the outlets do print.

[Schalk79]

Same problem over here... Very annoying...

[christopher.malone]

hi, Eric,

I'm using Revit 2024.1.1 and I'm still having problems with the hidden line display in the structural discipline. When it's set to 'structural discipline 'and 'show hidden lines by discipline', the hidden lines show on top of the full lines of all structural elements. Only when I set to 'show hidden lines All' does it look correct. Can I send you a copy of this model for inspection and possible solution?

email: christopher.malone@irishrail.ie

[peticid]

Hi Christopher,

I'm sorry to hear this. I've sent you an email, so that we can continue the conversation and the file exchange over there.

Kind regards,