Filled region from nested Revit family missing when printing

Autodesk Support

Nov 8, 2024

Products and versions covered

Issue:

Users reported that when printing from Revit families containing nested filled regions do not print as displayed onscreen.

Status:

This incident has been resolved in:


Revit 2024

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Additional Information:

In order for this to occur, the following needs to happen:

Workaround:

  1. Adjust the Visibility Settings for the 3D geometry in the family so that it is not visible in plan views.

  2. Create new geometry to represent the 3D geometry for the plan view (e.g. outline)

 
Alternative option:

  • Change the nested family containing the filled region to a different category e.g. Generic Annotation.

See Also:

Nested annotation prints incorrectly in vector processing in Revit

If the information above does not apply to, or resolve, the printing issue, see the following article for more troubleshooting options on printing from Revit:
Troubleshooting printing issues with Revit

Products:

Revit; Revit LT;

Versions:

2017; 2019; 2020; 2018; 2021; 2022; 2023;

Incident ID:

146850

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