Phasing and Visibility -- Revisited

A few of you had mentioned that the glass in your exterior walls was showing up as opaque (gray) in 3D views.  Those walls and their windows should have been set to the existing phase.  In your 3D views, the way we currently have the Phase Filters set-up (Show Previous + New - fig 1) is creating a graphic override for any element on the existing phase to make it appear gray (fig 2).  This allows us to quickly identify what is existing and what is new. If we want the existing elements to visually appear similar to the new construction elements in 3D views, we must change the Phase Filter in the view properties to "Show Complete" (fig 3).  This provides a visual representation of how the building will look when it is finished (fig 4).  The trick here is that if you work with this Phase Filter active it is difficult to graphically distinguish what is existing and what is new.  Be careful so that you are not deleting existing elements instead of demolishing them.

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