Metric Tutorials - Autodesk

NOTE If you intend to complete the next exercise of this tutorial, you need this project file open and
in this view.
In this exercise, you changed the elevation of the townhouses relative to the host project. As you can see,
each linked file can have a separate set of levels and relative heights and you can accommodate those
differences within the host project.
In the next exercise, you modify how the linked files display within the host project.
Controlling Linked Building Model Visibility
In this exercise, you modify the visibility settings of the linked files within the site project. After you link a
Autodesk Revit Structure 2009 project file within another project, you can independently control the visibility
settings, detail level, display settings, and the halftone settings for each linked project.
NOTE This exercise requires the completion of the previous exercises in this tutorial and the resulting project files.
If you have not completed the previous exercise, do so before continuing.
Modify visibility settings
1 In the Project Browser, under Elevations, double-click South.
2 On the View menu, click Visibility/Graphics.
3 In the Visibility/Graphics dialog, click the Revit Links tab.
4 Under Visibility, expand c_Townhouse.rvt.
Notice that you can change visibility settings of an entire linked file or selected instances of a
linked file.
NOTE You have three options for controlling visibility settings of a linked file. By host view matches
the display to the settings of the current active project view. By linked view matches the display to
the settings of the linked project view. Custom allows you to override specific visibility settings for a
linked project or an instance of the linked project. When you link a file, the defaults are set to By host
view for all options.
5 Under Display Settings for c_Townhouse.rvt, click By Host View.
6 On the Basics tab of the RVT Link Display Settings dialog, click Custom.
If the Basics page is set to Custom, then the other pages on the RVT Link Display Settings dialog
may be set to By host View, By linked view, or Custom.
7 Click the Annotations Categories tab.
8 For Annotation Categories, select .
9 Under Visibility, scroll down and clear Levels.
10 Click OK.
11 In the Visibility/Graphics dialog, click OK.
Notice the Level lines for both townhouses no longer display.
NOTE Changes to Visibility/Graphics are per view only. The townhouse level lines still display in the
remaining elevation views.
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