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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Phase Settings for Views

As requested, below are posted screen shots of the proper phase and phase filter settings for the Existing, Demo, and New Construction Floor plans you are required to create.  If you have all of the modeled elements set to the correct phase, then their graphic display properties should adjust correctly for the different plans using these settings.

1) Existing Plan -- in this view you want to see all of the existing modeled elements before any demo or new construction.

 

2) Demo Plan -- in this view we want to be able to tell the difference between what existing elements will stay and what will be demolished in the renovation.  Demolished elements should appear as dashed. 

 

 3) New Construction Plan -- this is what will become our working view for all new elements of the renovation, and may eventually end up on a sheet to be issued to the contractor. The demolished walls are no longer visible, but the existing walls to remain still appear. As we draw our new elements on this plan they will be created in the "New Construction" phase.