{"id":1377,"date":"2017-01-12T11:26:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T10:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2022-03-30T16:05:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T14:05:06","slug":"revit-graphics-appearance-iv-naming-and-using-filters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/en\/revit-graphics-appearance-iv-naming-and-using-filters\/","title":{"rendered":"Revit Graphics Appearance (IV)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Naming and Using Filters<\/h2>\n<h3>A\u00a0recommended procedure for Filter Naming<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s very usual that in advanced stages of the model, <strong>Filter Dialog Box<\/strong> seems to us like a horrible mess where nobody can find anything and solution is always adding a new filter despite there are at least 3 versions for the same purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s try to fix that by suggesting a Naming Procedure for Filters. I bet you prefer a storyboard better than a text, ok then:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"617\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4183\" alt=\"Untitled\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Untitled.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Untitled.png 801w, https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Untitled-480x370.png 480w, https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Untitled-768x592.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You see we have named this filter: &#8220;1-Walls-FireProof&#8221;. That&#8217;s composed by 3 parts. The &#8220;<strong>1<\/strong>&#8221; will be explained later on. Second part is the <strong>Category<\/strong> (i.e. &#8220;Walls&#8221;) that will be affected by the Filter Rules and third part is a description of the <strong>Filter Rules<\/strong> (i.e. &#8220;contains FireProof&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>Two recommendations: Do one filter for one Category and choose Filter Rules in the more generic way, I mean it\u2019s better using a \u201ccontain\u201d than an \u201cequals\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s now explain the \u201c<strong>1<\/strong>\u201d. The \u201c<strong>1<\/strong>\u201d means that the filter is <em>positive<\/em>, see we have chosen \u201ccontains\u201d. Have a look now to next figure:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"617\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4096 size-full\" alt=\"image 02\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-02.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-02.png 801w, https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-02-480x370.png 480w, https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-02-768x592.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The new Filter: \u201c0-Walls-FireProof\u201d is <em>negative<\/em>, we have chosen \u201cdoes not contain\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Summarizing: \u201c<strong>1<\/strong>\u201d means that we are going to operate over the elements according the Filter Rules defined. And \u201c<strong>0<\/strong>\u201d that we are going to operate over the elements not according with the Filter Rules defined in the filter name.<\/p>\n<p>Next figure shows and application of these filters:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"173\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4098 size-full\" alt=\"image 032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-032.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-032.png 768w, https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-032-480x108.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walls with a Type Name containing \u201cFireProof\u201d will be shown in a Red Solid Pattern and Walls with a Type Name not containing \u201cFire Proof\u201d will be shown in a Grey Solid Pattern.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s show another example, a filter applying to Sections :<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"617\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4099\" alt=\"image 04\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-04.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-04.png 801w, https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-04-480x370.png 480w, https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-04-768x592.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"139\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4101 size-full\" alt=\"image 052\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-052.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-052.png 770w, https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-052-480x87.png 480w, https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-052-768x139.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the view where this Filter is applied, the only Sections to be seen are the Architecture ones cause we have unmarked the Visibility for elements filtered.<\/p>\n<p>I think that\u2019s a clear naming method, please, let me know if you agree!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naming and Using Filters A\u00a0recommended procedure for Filter Naming It\u2019s very usual that in advanced stages of the model, Filter Dialog Box seems to us like a horrible mess where nobody can find anything and solution is always adding a new filter despite there are at least 3 versions for the same purpose. Let\u2019s try [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":27085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[411,806],"class_list":["post-1377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guidelines","tag-technology-revit","tag-technology-revit-operation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Revit Graphics Appearance (IV) - Modelical<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/en\/revit-graphics-appearance-iv-naming-and-using-filters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Revit Graphics Appearance (IV) - Modelical\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Naming and Using Filters A\u00a0recommended procedure for Filter Naming It\u2019s very usual that in advanced stages of the model, Filter Dialog Box seems to us like a horrible mess where nobody can find anything and solution is always adding a new filter despite there are at least 3 versions for the same purpose. 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