Revit 2022: Advanced Graphic Settings

Name: Revit 2022: Advanced Graphic Settings
Author: Patrick Porter

Discover Revit’s additional advanced graphic settings

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Hello. We are going to take a look at advanced graphics settings in Revit. And in this particular lesson, we're gonna take a look at object styles. Before we get started, I'd like for you to note that I'm using Revit LT 2022, and I've opened up the object styles project from the exercise files. So once you've established both of these, I'd like for you to follow along. Now, object styles are going to be our global settings for many of our graphic model and annotation elements and several other elements, so we'll take a look at those in just a second. To modify the object styles, we're gonna go over to the Manage tab and we're gonna come over here and select object styles. But before we select on it I would like for you to read the tool tip here where it says you can specify the line weights, the colors, patterns, and materials for model objects, annotation objects, and imported objects, as well. So a case in which I would want to use object styles. Remember, these are global settings for the entire project. Is let's say I wanted to change the line weights of some of my model elements. So right now the line weights of my walls are pretty thin. My thin lines were turned on. I turn off thin lines from the quick access toolbar. And this is the line weight of my model lines. But if I'm still not satisfied or maybe they're too thick, I can adjust them for the entire project with object styles. So come over to object styles. Let's go ahead and click on it here. And in the object styles dialog box, let's go ahead and make some of these roles wider. top is for model objects, annotation objects, and imported objects. In the full version of Revit, you'll have other tabs, as well. For this particular lesson, we're only looking at model objects. Then everything is broken up by categories in alphabetical order. This list can be filtered by discipline. So if I only wanted to look at the architecture discipline, for example, I can turn off these other disciplines. And as I do that, my list right here updates to show me only the categories for those that I have selected. I'm gonna turn back on these other disciplines, as well. I'm gonna click in here if I didn't wanna search through the tired list of all of the categories, and I know which one I wanted. For example, the Waltz. I can click up here in the category name search and just type out walls. And it's going to show me all of the categories with walls in the name. If I wanted to adjust the line weights of my walls, for example, I need to select the wall category, and this is gonna be the projection of my line weight. So the way the line will show in distance views such as elevation views or floor plans, the cut views will give it a weight of five. So under my projections, it's a weight of two. And over here under cut, it will be for five. So to take a look at what this is, let's go ahead and change this one right now. Instead of from two, let's change it to a line weight of... Let's make it very heavy right now. Eight and if we're cut, we'll leave it at five. Let's move this out the way a little bit. Let's click on apply. And you see my line wait for my walls for the projections, turn to eight they got thicker. Let's go change this back up to two. Let's hit apply. And my walls change. If I wanted to change the colors of my walls, by default everything is set to black in most cases, but I'm gonna click on this one right here, and let's say I wanted all my walls to be red. Say okay here. And I can hit Apply to get a quick view of that. If I wanted to change the line patterns of my walls they're set to solid gray now. I can choose from any other line styles that I have in my project. You gotta leave those as solid. And if I wanted to apply a different material type other than what is assigned with default wall, I can do that here as well. When I'm done making edits within the object style's dialogue box, I can just hit Okay here. Remember object styles apply setting changes to categories globally throughout the project. Thanks for watching this lesson. Join me in the next lesson where we will take a look at organizing line styles in Revit.

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Course Description

In this Revit Advanced Graphic Settings course, you will learn how to manage different methods for setup of Revit’s line display and how to affect the object style globally for different elements throughout your project. You will also learn to adjust and organize your project’s line styles, weights, and patterns to show different effects with your elements or to show them in different ways.

In Revit, the object styles settings are used to control the way your lines look in your views. Items such as line weights, patterns, colors can all be controlled for different categories of elements. These lessons will show you how best to set up your object line display so that you understand the controls used to control their display. You will also learn how a views scale can affect the display of your line elements, as well as how to create different types of styles and patterns of lines. Finally, you’ll explore the color and halftone display of your model elements.

What You'll Learn

Understand object styles and how to change them globally for different element categories throughout a project
Create and modify line styles to organize how elements display in your views
Create and modify line weights for different categories of elements
Build and customize line patterns to show different effects with your elements
Adjust underlay and halftone settings to control the display of model elements
Recognize how a view's scale can affect the display of line elements

Key Takeaways

In Revit, object styles settings control the way lines look in your views, including line weights, patterns, and colors for different categories of elements.
Line styles, weights, and patterns can be adjusted and organized to show different effects with elements or to display them in different ways.
A view's scale can affect the display of line elements within a project.
The course covers the color and halftone display of model elements alongside underlay settings.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Revit 2022 Advanced Graphic Settings course cover?

It covers managing methods for setting up Revit's line display, affecting object style globally across a project, organizing line styles, weights, and patterns, and exploring halftone, underlay, and color display of model elements. Lessons include Object Styles, Organizing Line Styles, Organizing Line Weights, Organizing Line Patterns, and Halftone and Underlay Settings.

What skills will I gain from this course?

The course builds skills in Autodesk Revit, CAD Programs, CADwork, Graphical Tools, Graphics Suite, and toward the Autodesk Revit Certified User for Architecture.

How are object styles used in Revit according to this course?

In Revit, object styles settings are used to control the way lines look in your views, with items such as line weights, patterns, and colors controlled for different categories of elements.

Will I learn how view scale affects line display?

Yes. The course shows how a view's scale can affect the display of your line elements, as well as how to create different types of styles and patterns of lines.