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I was wondering if there is anyway to mask over an imported revit link? I have imported in a floor plan that I will be doing plumbing work over top of but I need to mask over part of the column grid that interferes with the key plan once it is brought into a sheet view. I have tried making the link an attachment as well as an overlay but the masked region still won't cover up what I need it to. Thanks!
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Masking regions mask all model elements including linked files. You must be doing something else.
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Any suggestions of what I could be doing wrong?
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I have also had this problem. I don't think I am doing anything wrong as I have used masking regions quite a bit and they really aren't that complicated to begin with... The mask will cover any elements I have added but the link still shows.
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I repeat - model elements. Are you trying to mask annotative elements in a linked view?
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Yes, I am trying to mask annotation.
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Annotations will not mask....Not even in your own model.
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you can control what is being displayed on your linked model through the Visibility/Graphics settings of your view. if you choose custom settings you can turn off/on any element. you can turn off your annotations altogether. like WWhub said, masking regions will not cover annotations, and I'll used them sparsely...
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The issue we are having is that only a few of the annotations (room tags in this case) need to be hidden while the others need to show.
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i think you should hide the stuff you dont need before linking it into Revit. that is the best option i can think of right now.
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mirakation,
No, you don't want to open the linked file and turn them off there. That defeats the linking process.
You can hide individual elements from a linked file. You can also turn off categories in a linked file independent of your view using VG.
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mirakation,
No, you don't want to open the linked file and turn them off there. That defeats the linking process.
You can hide individual elements from a linked file. You can also turn off categories in a linked file independent of your view using VG.
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mirakation,
There is a misunderstanding but it seems to be yours. The question was about a Revit link, not a 2D drawing link.
The 2D items in question are from a linked revit view and should be controlled by category through VG or individually using the tab key and over-riding graphics in view.
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mirakation,
There is a misunderstanding but it seems to be yours. The question was about a Revit link, not a 2D drawing link.
The 2D items in question are from a linked revit view and should be controlled by category through VG or individually using the tab key and over-riding graphics in view.
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