Visibility Manager Troubleshooting¶

Use the following checks if Visibility Manager or one of its controls is not behaving as expected.

Visibility Manager Is Not Open¶

Open Visibility Manager from the Revit ribbon:

Flow → Content → Visibility

Visibility Manager reads the available controls for the current Revit context when it opens.

The Displayed State Does Not Look Correct¶

Select Refresh in Visibility Manager.

This reads the current visibility states again and updates the controls.

A Control Is Disabled or Unavailable¶

Some controls are only available when the Revit setting, parameter, category, element or view required by that control can be changed.

Check the control information for its current state.

For 3D Doors, Draft Graphics and NFC Graphics, confirm that the project contains the required Flow global parameter.

For Section Box, confirm that you are working in an applicable 3D view with a section box that can be shown or hidden.

A Project Graphics Control Does Not Work¶

The 3D Doors, Draft Graphics and NFC Graphics controls rely on project global parameters.

The required parameters are:

• 3D Doors --- 3D Doors Show
• Draft Graphics --- Draft Graphics Show
• NFC Graphics --- NFC Show

If the required parameter is missing or is not available as the expected Yes/No setting, the control cannot perform its normal toggle.

See Project Controls.

An Active View Control Affects the Wrong View¶

Check which Revit view is currently active.

The Reference Planes, Room Layout Mode, Grid Bubbles and Section Box controls use the active Revit view as their working context.

1. Open the required Revit view.
2. Return to Visibility Manager.
3. Select Refresh if required.
4. Apply the control again.

Reference Planes Behave Differently Than Expected¶

Check whether the active view has an assigned view template.

The Reference Planes control is configured to prefer the assigned view template where applicable.

A change may therefore be associated with the template-controlled visibility rather than only the individual active view.

Room Layout Mode Changes More Than One Setting¶

This is expected.

Room Layout Mode is a coordinated working mode rather than a simple Room Separation Lines visibility switch.

It manages room separation line visibility together with the related floor visibility required by the room-layout workflow.

See Active View Controls.

Grid Bubbles Are Not Where I Expected¶

The Grid Bubbles control does more than show or hide the bubbles.

When grid bubbles are shown, the control also manages their displayed position for vertical and horizontal grids.

If the result appears incorrect, confirm that you are in the intended view and select Refresh before trying the control again.

Section Box Is Unavailable¶

The Section Box control is intended to show or hide the section box boundary in the active 3D view.

Check that:

1. The active view is an applicable 3D view.
2. A section box is present.
3. The section box can be shown or hidden in that view.

Colour Tabs Does Not Affect Model Visibility¶

This is expected.

Colour Tabs is an Application control. It colours open Revit document tabs to make projects easier to distinguish.

It does not change visibility inside the Revit model or active view.

I Am Not Sure Which Control to Use¶

Use:

• Project Graphics for 3D Doors, Draft Graphics and NFC Graphics.
• Working Aids for Reference Planes and Room Layout Mode.
• Datum Graphics for Grid Bubbles.
• View Controls for Section Box.
• Application for Colour Tabs.

Hover over an individual control for additional information about what it affects.

Still Having Problems?¶

If the problem continues, record:

• The visibility control involved
• Your Revit version
• Your Flow version
• The active Revit view
• What you expected to happen
• What happened instead

Where relevant, also note whether the view has an assigned view template.

A screenshot showing both Visibility Manager and the affected Revit view can help identify the problem.

Related Help¶

• Visibility Manager
• Project Controls
• Active View Controls
• Flow Hub