Hi,
I really like Enscape ! The rendering of Enscape library objects is far sharper than the usual revit object. So I’m using more and more enscape object in my Revit files.
The only problem is when it comes to sheets. On 2D view, Enscape objects looks terribly bad ! it’s the whole mesh is visible, as if the sheet was in wireframe mode…
Is there a way to have a nice and decent 2D view of your library objects ?
If you need to see the enscape models in your final working drawings, then this answer won’t suffice…but we typically put all of our enscape-specific items (trees, furniture, etc) in a Revit Option visible only from an enscape 3D view. As much as I appreciate the enscape object library, I wouldn’t want to use anything in there for contract documents. This way, they won’t show up in any of your plans. You could place the cleaned up/accurate revit families on their own option that won’t be visible in the Enscape view, but would be visible in all other views.
Aaron
Can’t you assign Revit families to be proxies for Enscape assets?
In practice, this works really poorly since the coordinate systems between enscape assets and the revit models are often not the same. If there was a way to set the offset or the origin, then it wouldn’t be a big problem but without that capability the feature can’t really be used. For example, when replacing revit beds the enscape replacement often is partially sunken in the floor or in the wall.
But what you could do in theory is edit the enscape family itself, and then “trace” over the 3D geometry with either 2D elements (like analyser mentioned above) or simply with your own, simplified 3D. As far as I know, the 3D you see on the enscape asset is simply a placeholder for Revit and not actually used - what matters is that you follow the same general coordinates/sizing and that the object is correctly tagged with the right enscape ID in the type settings. So you could easily just remake the revit placeholder using actual family geometry, then delete the placeholder to get a clean, plan-ready asset that matches the dims of the enscape version.
That said, it’d be a lot of work to do this for every asset - but for often used ones you’d find in a plan anyways (like beds) it can make sense to build them out as you need them.
I save all my favourite Enscape assests as a model group in my template. (Saves me time when placing objects as they are generally at the correct height and dont need adjusting) Then in plan view i can just scatter them as required. I refer to this model group as “LIVED IN” as its a term we use to in the office to get that final level of polish…
Now if your super organized you can organize a second Model Group say “LIVED IN 2” with proper documentation assets and you can just change from 1 model group to the other really quickly.
Its a little bit to set up.. but you can copy those model groups to other projects to reuse..
for this type of internal rendering where you want to have a quality 2D view, I recommend using specific families for this, like the families at revitimport.com, I will leave a picture of a room for you to see the difference.
Assuming you are talking about the linework tool, this is a pretty inefficient fix (also, your video is set to private in your link), because you have to do it every time for each object you place manually on each sheet. It’s far, far more efficient to actually do edits in the family itself so you aren’t doing the same work over and over every time you need to place the same instance down. But you can’t do detail lines or linework inside families, so the only method that works is to manually draw out shapes using masking regions/symbolic lines, or by remodeling the object. Takes more time upfront but saves time & effort in the long run.
Don’t put the Enscape objects directly into Revit. Associate them to Revit Family components as render proxies. This will correct a number of issues such as category, disability and graphics and scheduling.
I saw you mention this in another thread. So, are you opening up the Enscape Asset Family, erasing the sloppy place holding geometry and pasting in the geometry of the object you want to see in the drawings?
No. Every Enscape asset has a drop-down that allows you to link the asset to a Revit family. Start at 5:45 in this video. This has been available since Enscape 2.7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2iqV1xqViw
