Troubleshooting View and Visibility Issues

Typically, when an object cannot be seen or does not display as expected in a view, the issue is an incorrect visibility setting. It is best to try to recreate the error in a new empty project. This process helps isolate the many crossover visibility issues that arise in phasing and family creation.

The following sections provide tips to help you identify and resolve commonly encountered view and visibility issues.

An Object Seems To Be Misdrawn

To update and refresh the current display, cut the object from the view, and then paste it aligned to the same place. This action forces a refresh on single-instance geometry drawing issues.

See Pasting Aligned Elements.

Elevation and Section Marks Do Not Display Correctly

Try the following actions to resolve elevation and section mark display issues.

• Reduce the view scale of your drawing. See View Scale.
• In the instance parameter of the elevation or section, change the parameter value for Hide at scales coarser than. See Section Tag Visibility and Hiding Elevation Tags.

Gridlines or Reference Planes Are Not Visible

Try the following actions to resolve gridline and reference plane display issues.

• Gridlines and reference planes must be perpendicular to the view in which they are displayed. Switch to an appropriate elevation or plan view to see them. See Using the Project Browser.
• Gridlines and reference planes must be below the cut plane of a view in which they are to display. Verify that the cut plane is not set at too low a depth in the view range. See Modifying the View Range.

Objects Are Not Visible

Try the following actions to resolve object display issues.

• On the View Control Bar, reveal hidden elements in the view. See Revealing and Unhiding Hidden Elements.
• On the View Control Bar, change the detail level of the view. Some geometry does not display at certain detail levels. See Specifying the Detail Level for a View.
• Verify that the View Range settings are accurate. See View Range.
• In the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog, verify that the visibility of the objects is enabled. See Overview of Visibility and Graphic Display.
• In the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog, click the Filter tab and turn off any applied filters. See Controlling Visibility and Graphic Display of Elements Using Filters.
• If the project is workshared, in the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog, click the Worksets tab and turn off any applied filters. See Changing the Visibility of a Workset in a View.
• If you see an entire category of halftoned objects that are not set to display as halftoned (see Overview of Visibility and Graphic Display), try changing the view discipline. The Discipline setting determines how different object categories display in discipline-specific views. Also, select Coordination to show all object lines as solid without halftones. See View Properties.
• If your project uses phases, select None for the Phase Filter parameter. Phases and Phase Filters both impact the displays of objects within views. See Applying Phase Filters.
  Note: Verify that instances of demolished elements are Phase states and not individual Phases. See Demolishing Elements.