Customizing the display settings of Revit links

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Customizing the display settings of Revit links - Exercise

  1. Open the practice file 001-Small Medical Center-Customize.rvt.
  2. Open the 01 Ground Floor HVAC Plan.
  3. Zoom in on the area where the exam rooms are located.
  4. Open the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog box and select the Revit Links tab.
  5. In the Display Settings column beside the architectural link click <By Linked View>.
  6. In the RVT Link Display Settings dialog box click Custom and review the various settings you can customize, as shown below.



  7. Select the Model Categories tab and the Annotation Categories tab and notice that they are both set to <By Linked View> and the category settings cannot be changed.
  8. In the Model Categories tab, change Model Categories to <Custom>. The category settings can now be changed.
  9. Select Casework and make it visible, as shown below, and click OK.



  10. Click OK to close the dialog boxes and the casework displays in the view, as shown below.



  11. Modify the location of some of the exhaust air terminals so they are closer to the casework.
  12. When you are finished return to the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog box and set the Display Settings back to <By linked view>.
  13. Save the project.