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136 | ChaPTer 4 Configuring TemplaTes and sTandards

In the following example, you will create view filters to identify fire-rated walls with
different colors. You can download the sample file c04-Sample-Building.rvt from this book’s
web page. Here are the steps:
1. Open the file c04-Sample-Building.rvt. Switch to the View tab, find the Graphics
panel, and click Filters.
2. Add a new named filter by clicking the New icon at the bottom of the Filters zone at the
left side of the dialog box. Name the first new filter Walls-Fire 1 and click OK.
3. In the Categories list, find Walls and check the category.
4. In the Filter Rules at the right side, define the criterion to filter by Fire Rating Equals 1 HR
and then click Apply.

5. With the Walls-Fire 1 filter still selected, click the Duplicate icon twice and Walls-Fire 2
and Walls-Fire 3 should be created.
6. Select Walls-Fire 2 and change the value in Filter Rules to 2 HR and click Apply.
7. Select Walls-Fire 3 and change the value in Filter Rules to 3 HR, as shown in Figure 4.27,
and then click Apply again.

Figure 4.27
filter rules applied
to walls for fire
ratings

8. Click OK to close the window.
9. Activate the Level 1 floor plan, open the Visibility/Graphic settings, and select the Filters tab.
10. Click the Add button, select all three filters you created in the previous steps, and click OK.
11. Click the Override button in each filter row under Cut-Lines and change the line color as
follows:

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