Revit - Missing Grids in Elevation
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Software : Revit Architecture
Level : Beginner - Intermediate
Description : So…. Have you ever had the problem where your grid lines will NOT show up in elevations?!?!?! This is of course after you have checked your VG settings and maximized 3d extents, still NOTHING! Chances are the elevation view is not perpendicular to the grid lines. In most cases this makes sense, how is the program going to know where you want to intersect the infinite planes of the grid lines. In this Revit tutorial I establish the point of intersection as the point where the site boundary and grid line intersect. Once that rule has been established, we cover how to create a generic family that is placed in plan and is visible in the elevations. Through the use of tags and parameters we coordinate the naming of the grid to assure they match on the plans and elevations. I think this is an interesting issue to solve and am sure people have options on this so please feel free to post your thoughts or comments on this technique or even whether this should be done at all.
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that’s the reason. Revit does not show the axis if they are not perpendicular to your elevation.
Yup, this is a work around. but i must issue a “use at your own risk” disclaimer. I agree with the way Revit deals with this issue. i only posted this 1) as an answer to those having this problem and 2) so one can have the the option to resolve it but being aware of the implications. I think this is an interesting issue so i welcome the conversation.
Thanks
I just wanted to thank you for the great workaround I’ve had issues with grids for a while and no proper work-around. This opens up a load of other ways of fixing my problem grids.
Thanks again
This is a great work-around. Aside from the philosophical debate, it is important to have these out in the community, to empower the Revit users operating at the mercury of digitally illiterate principals, who simply want what they want. Gridlines out-of-plane is a common one.
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God Bless you……
I was going out of my mind trying to solve why my gridlines would not show up on my elevations of a horse shoe shaped building on plan!
I will be watching the rest of your viseo at home and working my way thru your work around.
Due to my work, I always deal with this kind of stuff, I really thank you for the practical solution to my homewok, Thanks David
Instead using mark as the label of gridline, maybe using a text like a instance parameter should be a better option, isnt it?
I agree with Revit and David’s comment above. In views non-perpendicular to the grid, those grids should not show.
I admire this video for its creative workaround, but it creates a “dummy’ grid object, and is based on old CAD mentality of doing things.