Transparent Fills

[David Howe]

Transparent fills that are actually transparent ie if I draw a filled drafting shape to highlight an area of interest on a section (or elevation or plan) I would like to still be able to see the model!

[Michael Juda]

Its easy Just follow the following steps;

1. Select your filled region.
2. Go into the filled regions properties.
3. Select Edit
4. Duplicate Filled area and rename Hatch ? Transparent
5. Select Hatch Patern
6. Select Transparent or Opaque
7. Select Lineweight and Colour
8. Apply
8. Ok Ok

You have just made a new transparent Hatch Patern

[David Howe]

TRANSPARENT FILL ie an area of solid colour (not hatch) where I can still see the MODEL. I checked the AUGI site and this has made it to the Revit 10 wish list.

[Wesley]

I can't really respond to this, but if you hold your breath, you MIGHT make it until you can do it....

Wes

[Roberto Pachon]

I agree. There is a need for setting the transparency of a solid fill colour.
At the moment we have to export the drawing and do it in Illustrator

This feature is used frequently to tone down the surrounding areas while highlighting the subject site/project.

[jadeh]

My understanding is that you make the solid fill pattern and apply to the plan/elevation/detail. (looks solid and no model visible)
Then Right click the fill and under 'override graphics in view' than 'by element' click ghost surface. (2012)
Works a treat.

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[Roberto Pachon]

The fill region type parameter "Opaque" & "Transparent" work just fine to make a solid fill look transparent. You can see model & detail items underneath it.(Revit 2013)
Another option is to use the override attributes and set the "Transparency" value to anything other than '0'.