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Small visibility problem.
I'm working on a mezzanine plan and the architect would like the layout of the floor below to show in the atrium space. I know I can do this by setting the view range to the floor below but is there ary way to make all that half toned as well?
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Use the underlay of the level you require OR
create a view of what you want to see halftoned. Then set the appropriate category visibility settings to be half toned and overlay the view on the sheet.
HTH.
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here is some "Floor Plan Back Ground" info from the Revit Beginners website,
Let's say you're doing your own mechanical, electrical, structural or other drawings that require a floor plan that is greyed or halftone (a background). We've found two ways to accomplish this:
Display Model As Underlay: The easiest way is to Duplicate your Proposed Floor Plan view (without Detailing) This is done by right clicking on your floor plan view in the project browser and selecting Duplicate. Now go to the View's Properties and you'll notice a Display Model parameter. By default this is set to Normal. Switch this to As Underlay. Now you can add your view specific tags, annotations, symbols, detail lines, etc. on top of the model. Unfortunately your lighting, furniture, electrical and other families will also be greyed out. If you need to show some model elements Normal then it's on to the next approach.
Visibility/Graphics Halftone: Duplicate your Proposed Floor Plan view (without Detailing) This is done by right clicking on your floor plan view in the project browser and selecting Duplicate. Now go to the view's Visibility/Graphic Overrides (VG). Under Model Categories select ALL. Now unhighlight Electrical Fixtures and Lighting Fixtures and check the Halftone box for one of the highlighted categories. Notice all the highlighted categories are now set to halftone. Click OK. You now have a floor plan background for your lighting and electrical work. Do the same for Detail Items, Electrical Equipment, Plumbing Fixtures, Furniture, Structural Framing, etc. for other disciplines. Go to View... Save as View Template... and you can save these changes to a View template for use in all your projects. To further configure View Templates go to Settings... View Templates.
hope this helps,
best regards,
coreed, aia
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Coreed,
Bravo on the detailed explanation on "how to."
Too often both here and on Autodesk's Revit forum, assistance from those in the know is often provided in almost cryptic messages...a sentence frag here, a couple of words there. The responses are always appreciated, but sometimes as clear as Revit's help content!
So from us noobs to yous pros...step by step instructions are really appreciated 
Assume we know nada....sometimes that won't be far from the truth.
Cheers
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No Worries Fordd,
But remember when you are answering lots and lots of questions we don't have the spare time to give a detailed response on every post...
I tend to give a quick general how to, then if that isn't sufficient a reply is usually sent advising that they need a step by step approach. Then I'll try to find sometime to help if I can.
If i assumed everyone had just picked up Revit I'd never leave this site...
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with you on that one spoty
we often answer from work with the normal work load, it's hard to give a detail explanation with little time.
though the best way to learn is to get a lead and follow it, exploring ways and making mistakes...
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Use the underlay of the level you require OR
create a view of what you want to see halftoned. Then set the appropriate category visibility settings to be half toned and overlay the view on the sheet.
HTH.
I thought about using underlay but the problem with that is the main floor walls under the mezzanine show through as well. I just want the walls in the atrium area showing. Unfortunately creating to views on the same sheet has the same problem. There's no way to hide the stuff under the mezzanine. Crop region doesn't work because I need non-rectangular, filled regions don't work because they hide model objects in ALL views on the sheet and plan regions don't work because furniture objects still show.
The only solution I see is to export the main floor plan as a DWG delete the unwanted items and then import it into the mezzanine view and half tone the import object. A PITA way of doing it.
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Did you try using your filled region in the mezzanine VIEW, not in the sheet.
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Currently the only workaround would be utilise worksets to turn of the specific elements you don't want to see. Revit 9 should change this, if you can wait a few weeks.
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