Learn how to change the visibility and graphical appearance of elements in a view.
Why it is Important to Understand Visibility and Graphics
The visibility and graphics settings of a view define whether elements and categories are visible in the view and their graphical appearance (color, lineweight, and linestyle). The Visibility/Graphics Overrides dialog lists all categories in the project. Some examples of categories are furniture, doors, and window tags. The visibility status and appearance of each category can be modified for each view in the project. Use the context menu to modify the appearance and visibility of individual elements.
Learning Objective
In this video, you will learn how to:
- Open the Visibility/Graphics Overrides dialog.
- Hide and unhide objects or categories in a view.
- Apply a graphic override to an element.
Terms and Concepts
| Term/Concept | Definition |
|---|---|
| Categories | Elements are organized by categories. Some examples of categories are doors, walls, and window tags. You can change the visibility and graphics for each category of element, in each view, in the Visibility/Graphics Overrides dialog. The changes made to the visibility and graphics settings in a view apply to the currently-active view. A view template can be used to make visibility and graphic changes to more than one view, or the object styles of the project can be modified if change is required in all project views. |
| Visibility/Graphics Overrides dialog | Use this dialog to control how each category in the view will appear. The dialog has tabs to organize the categories into logical groupings: Model Categories, Annotation Categories, Analytical Categories, Imported Categories, and Filters. The lists of categories under each tab can be further filtered by discipline: Architecture, Structure, Mechanical, Electrical, and Piping. |
| Reveal Hidden Elements | The Reveal Hidden Elements tool ( ) on the View Control Bar enables a mode where all of the hidden elements in the view are visible and highlighted. In this mode, you can select hidden elements and specify to "unhide" them to make them visible in the view. Click Reveal Hidden Elements to turn this mode on and off for the current view. |
| Visibility Overrides | You can change the visibility status and graphic appearance of individual elements by selecting the element, right-clicking, and applying a visibility override from the context menu. The visibility override has priority over the visibility settings applied to the category in the view. This allows you to display individual elements as needed in a view. For example, a single door could be set to display as "halftone" while all other doors are displayed as normal. |