HIERARCHY in Visibility Graphics: Controlling how things look

The visibility of every object in Revit is controlled by the settings... But which settings overrule the others? This Revit Tip will explain the Hierarchy in Revit and show you how to control how things look in your views.
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Hi Mike!
My work is 80% low voltage so I could go on and on but for us our biggest efficiency comes from creating dynamic families since Revit is a bit lackluster on low voltage.
Essentially we have two "goals" with our families.
One is to allow us to create schedules. For example, with a comm outlet family we have parameters to adjust the # of drops and type of drop for each(Data, Voice), the home run, patch panel, room #, etc. This setup allows Revit to automatically create the cable labeling schedule for use in our drawings and for when it comes time to print out the labeling. We can easily determine how many patch panels we need. For PA it could be how many speakers can fit on an amplifier based on wattage. For security its how many panels we need based on the door count, etc. We just want our families to be packed with data for ease of design, especially for the backbone portion.
The second goal is to have a family include all its necessary components. So with the comm outlet we have nested families for the type of faceplate, connectors, box and rings, etc. Parameters then drive those nested families. For example the # of drops parameters will change the faceplate and connectors. So instead of placing 6 individual families for this one outlet, we are placing one and adjusting a few parameters. This also helps keep the model organized since we often have electrical and multiple LV systems in one model and would otherwise be filtering out electrical components for each system's view settings . But the main goal is having accurate counts come time to install. Our field is getting boxes that contains all the necessary components per room, eliminating the guesswork and reducing the amount of times they have to return to the container for material.

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Excellent!! After all the confusing videos I watched previously on this topic, you nailed it

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[@mohamedalijedda6179]

Thanks Mike for this useful video..but i have a problem .the phasing did not override the visibility "VV"

[@miketaylor8211]

I have found some anomalies too. But when I dig further into it.. I find some override or other setting that is blocking the normal appearance of things.

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How do you control the appearance of lines in printing. Can I send you a screen shot?

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