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Ive posted on several other forums to no avail! I hope someone here can lend some insight. I have added my electrical outlets and data outlets to my floor plan (standard Revitbuilding components not MEP) they display as expected in the view and on the sheet until I do a print preview. In print preview and when it prints I see nothing. Cant figure out for the life of me why not. HELP PLEASE! I need to print this set this week. Im using RAC2009
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Can you post the RFA for the outlets?
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You say they are components. Are they model elements or annotation sysmbols?
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Is your plan cut on this level? I mean is your plan view associated with this level? Try making a new plan view and selecting this level off the tree (duplicate existing view checkbox at bottom). Insert the electrical fixture again. It will definetly be associated with the correct work plane and try printing. If it still is not working then got to the family and check it the symbol is ok(not sure what could be wrong). Try switching view to wire frame and print that. Similar thing happened to me in that I had Dwg lines masquerading as models lines. Wouldn't print but showed up ok everywhere else. Wireframe was a quick fix.
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Thanks Shawn. Recreating the view did fix it! Now just to try and figure out what the heck causes it. But nonetheless tragedy averted for now. WWHub: They are both model and annotation components the face of the outlet is a model element with the plan symbol as an annotation symbol.
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I've determined what is causing the issue but not sure why. After recreating my view I started cutting and pasting notes etc,. back in. When I selected my masking region (hides a portion of the plan NIC) the elements dissappear in the plot window! Delete the masking region bamb they are back. This neither makes any sense to me nor is it acceptable! I don't want to show this portion of the plan but I cant clip it. (the plan is L shaped) any ideas?
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Are you sure that this what is causing the issue? Masking regions do not normally behave this way. Have you tried printing it without the masking region to check? If it is the problem and the view is a floor plan can you not use the crop region or viewport to crop it?
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Yes I am sure that is the issue. I deleted the mask region and they will plot, recreate the mask region and they will not plot. As a matter of fact I even narrowed it down further to the size of the mask regioin! If I reduce the mask region until it is a thin sliver lets say 3' of the plan area they will display and plot stretch it much larger and no go.
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If you post the RFA as qtdhad suggested, we may be able to recreate your problem. Is is a normal plan view (I'm not familiar with the 'plan NIC' terminoly) or a drafting view? What are you trying to hide?
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NIC means "Not in Contract" no work this area. I don't believe I can post the file because its to large
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Can you do a screenshot and show where your masking region is? Does the same problem occur if you use a filled region, such as white?
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Here are some .pdf's of the plan with masking region and without note the lack of receptacles in the masked plan. I tried the filled region and it responds the same add the region and they disappear delete it and they are back.
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I've been having the same problem using Revit 2013. I've found two work-arounds:
- Print using raster processing instead of vector processing. This also changes how the plot looks in other ways.
- Replace the masking region with a plan region. Set the plan region's view range to not display anything by setting its bounds way above or below the model.
I like the 2nd option best myself. Has anyone come up with anything else?
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Just an update here: Im using 2014 with latest updates and spent the better part of Sunday and this mornign trying to figure out why my outlets were not printing. I found this thread and like the OP I too had a masking region outside the work area that for some unknown reason obscures the electrical devices even though its not drawn over them. This is extremely frustrating. See attached for before and after screen caps.
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You don't say what Revit and what updates and that may be where your problem is. If that is not the issue, this is not a typical problem. Either post a simple project file that we can look at or better yet, send the problem to autodesk.
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