Making View-Specific Changes to the Graphic Display of Layers

When you import or link a file to a Revit project, you can control the graphic display of its layers in individual views.

To make view-specific changes to the graphic display of layers

1. Open a project view that shows the file.
2. Click View tabGraphics panel (Visibility/Graphics).
3. Click the Imported Categories tab.
4. If you want the entire file to appear in halftone, select Halftone.

   See Halftone/Underlay.

5. In the Visibility column, click to expand the DWG file name.

   Revit lists the layers in the file.

6. To change the graphic display of a visible layer in the file:
   1. Click the Lines column for the layer, and click Override.
   2. In the Line Graphics dialog, specify the line weight, color, and pattern, and click OK.
7. In the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog, click OK.

Related topics

• Preserving or Discarding Graphic Overrides for Linked Files
• Hiding and Deleting Layers