Identify and/or highlight different wall types in colour in a DV

Hello,

I am trying to find a way, similar to Revit, where I can show wall types in different colour. In Revit, a WALL FILTER is added with an override.

The above image shows what I am trying to achieve you can see that different colour has been applied to different wall types, visible in different views.

How do I achieve this in OBD without the need of creating extra drawings? The only way I can think of is to add the fill colour manually in the DV, The downfall, the solid fill will not change when the actual wall is changed/moved in the 3D model.

PS: I am struggling to understand why OBD can't do simple things and why there are always extra steps required to achieve something?

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  • Hi Nasir,

    I have made a small video of how the colour of the walls can be changed as per your requirement. 



    HTH.

    Regards,
    Shreya

  • Hi Shreya,

    Thank you for the video but that is not my question. It is not about applying parts. I need to highlight particular wall types in the design. In my example you can see a floor plan showing colour and no colour.

    So, I want OBD to show me all Internal-Block-Walls-100 in RED on the Ground Floor in my drawing (2D Output). How do I do that? In Revit, I apply a filter to Internal-Block-Walls-100, so, the filter only will lookup wall styles named Internal-Block-Walls-100 and highlight them in the model. 

  • Hi Nasir,

    Please take a look at Display Rules, these can be used to resymbolise elements based on element properties, for instance CONNECT Edition - Display Rules - Highlighting Demolitions , this may be what you need.

    Regards

    Marc

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  • Isn't the OBD-way of doing this to create new Parts ?

    Especially if you want it both in 3d and 2d.

    regards /Thomas Voghera

  • Hi Thomas,

    Generally yes. Display Rules offer the ability to resymbolise ranges of objects whose parts differ to visually indicate chosen properties.

    Regards

    Marc

  • Yes, I know about the Display Rules... however the problem is:

    1. It does not work on a DV (plan, section) generated from the model (even DV extraction being in same file)

    2. When exporting to DWG you loose the Display Rules set.

    This is very frustrating, as project requires DWG outputs for sharing.

  • So your question is actually about how to set symbology in drawings in OpenBuildings that can be exported to DWG?

    This has been asked for in the Ideas forum, go there and search for DWG, you will find "Convert Display Rules to DWG".

    Linked to this idea is enhancement 663047 "WYSIWYG save to DGN/DWG using display rules" and is being worked on for a future release. The objective of this enhancement is to simplify export of views from Bentley applications.

    If you wish to be advised when this enhancement is included in a commercial release please file a service request referencing this enhancement number.

    In the meantime if elements that need to be colour codes are separated by level you might find that the level remapping available in DWG export could meet some of your requirement. If they are not separated by level then that will obviously not help.

    Regards

    Marc

  • Hi Marc,

    No, I will explain my question in more detail.

    We have a 3D model containing hundreds of walls on multiple floors. We have now been asked to colour code walls, using fill pattern, on every floor, i.e. all Internal Stud Walls in GREEN, all Internal Block Walls in RED and all Internal Fire Rated 60 min Walls in PURPLE.

    Display Rules only honour 3D views (your example only contains 3D views), it doesn't work on extracted drawings from the 3D model using Dynamic Views. The extracted 2D drawings files do not show the set Display Rule, see image below.

    We are also required to share the model in 3D and 2D. Exporting the 3D model to DWG will remove the Display Rule, the 2D result is already wrong. So as usual, after exporting more steps are required to correct the drawings. 

    Now, is there any easy way to get what I am looking for in OBD? The Revit screen capture is WYSIWYG without any extra steps and/or work-arounds.

    PS: This enhancement (Display Rule DWG export) request was logged at least 2 years ago. We require this feature now and not in any future releases.