Revit Floor Covers Color Scheme

Apply color schemes to floor plan views and section views based on a specific value or range of values.

Revit floor covers color scheme. Where 2 rooms have the same name they will acquire the same colour. I have this area plan of level 1 where i am not able to see all the walls. A question was asked recently by a designer in our chicago office. One of the more useful ways to use color schemes with rooms is to produce a color scheme based on the department parameter.

Revit doesn t support such a feature under the rcp properties which only floor plan does. As you experiment with the view range of this special floor plan you will see more or less of the elements a bit like a 3d section box. On the properties palette click in the color scheme cell. I have a cold shell tenancy which has both an existing and a new slab.

This means you can have rooms showing. One can set the color scheme and color fill the rooms. If we base our color scheme on the name parameter then revit will colour fill in each room that has a different name with a different colour. Get these project files and all advanced 1h courses.

Just checked and color fills are on. In the project browser right click the floor plan view or section view to apply a color scheme to and select properties. Any ideas on how i can show the color scheme over the surface pattern. I have attached an image it illustrate my issue.

To denote the extent of the existing slab i have added a solid fill surface pattern however when i add a color scheme to the view the floor s surface pattern overrides the color scheme. In the edit color scheme dialog under schemes select a category and color scheme. Architecture tabroom area panel drop down color schemes use color schemes to color and apply fill patterns to. You can apply a different color scheme to each view.

Actually this is part of a bigger problem which i was going ot post as different treads but here s the whole picture. Rooms areas spaces and zones pipes and ducts to use color schemes you must have rooms or areas defined in the project. It is also a nice way to see how view range works. We will also bring in a color fill lege.

In this revit tutorial we will take the steps necessary to create and display a color scheme for presentation views.