Attached is an image of what i ve got the roof pattern is there but it doesn t hide anything below it.
Roof trapnsaprency in revit.
10 common roof shapes modeld in revit.
Unfortunately that metal deck material has 100 transparency which means you can see right through it when looking from below.
From your revit project file select the windows family that is not appearing transparent in an elevation view and select the edit family button on the ribbon.
Click view tab graphics panel visibility graphics or right click an element in the drawing area and click override graphics in view by category.
Cogt2414 architectural design with revit working with datum plane and creating standard views.
For example in hidden line surface transparency is set.
We cover creating the flat roof adding slopes to roof by using.
Available in hidden line shaded realistic and raytrace styles transparent effects can be set on an entire view category filter or element.
When you adjust the transparency setting on your model you literally reveal what lies beyond the solid surfaces.
It would seem that i have somehow enabled my roof to become transparent despite having the view on hidden line.
Transparency can be useful when you want to provide a more complete look at an entire model.
The structure of your basic roof family has a layer with material roofing epdm membrane at the top and a layer with material metal deck at the bottom.
Apply transparency to faces of model element categories.
Open the view in which you want to apply transparency to model category faces.
I ve searched around to see what i could possibly have toggled to make such an a thing occur but alas i have come to the end of my wits.
In the family editor in a 3d view cross a window over the family model elements.
Select the filter button from the ribbon selection panel.
See hd version of video tutorial here.