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Short Answer

Yes— in Autodesk Revit, the most common professional way to control line display from coarse to fine is through visibility/Graphics and the view’s Detail Level setting. You typically change the view to Coarse, Medium, or Fine, then override category linework if needed. Limitation: this only affects the current view unless you use a View Template.

What You Need to Know Before

Warning: changing line display in one view can make model elements appear inconsistent across sheets if that view is not controlled by a View Template. A common failure is editing category visibility locally, then wondering why other plans or sections still show different line weights or detail.

How to Change Line Display from Coarse to Fine in Revit

• Command: Visibility/Graphics

• Shortcut: VG / VV

• Quick Steps:

  1. Open the target view, then on the Ribbon use View > Graphics panel > Visibility/Graphics, or press VG.
  2. In the view, set Detail Level on the view control Bar to Coarse, Medium, or Fine.
  3. In Visibility/Graphics, review the relevant model category and enable or adjust its display settings; if needed, apply a View Template so the same coarse/fine behavior is consistent across multiple views.

Variables & Settings

• Key Setting: Detail Level (Coarse / Medium / Fine)

• Expert Setting: Detail Level controls how much geometric detail Revit displays for families and system elements in that specific view. Many families are built with visibility tied to Coarse, Medium, or Fine, so the same object may show symbolic lines in Coarse and full geometry in Fine.

Why it Fails

• Cause 1 (Geometry): the family was created with limited visibility settings, so no additional fine detail exists to display at Fine level.
• Cause 2 (layers/Locks): the category or subcategory is hidden in Visibility/Graphics, or a View Template is overriding your local changes.
• Cause 3 (Command/Logic): changing Detail Level alone does not force all elements to show more detail if the family’s visibility parameters were not modeled for Coarse/Fine display differences.

Quick Fix & Best Practice

• Quick Fix: set the view to Fine in the View Control Bar, then open VG and verify the category is visible and not overridden by a View Template.
• Manager’s Verdict: use View Templates to standardize coarse, medium, and fine graphics across documentation sets; avoid manual per-view edits unless it is a one-off presentation requirement.

FAQ

Can I change coarse to fine for only one view?
Yes, Detail Level is view-specific unless a View Template controls it.

Why does Fine look the same as Coarse?
The family may not contain extra visible detail for Fine display.

Can View Templates lock this setting?
Yes, a View Template can control Detail Level and Visibility/Graphics overrides.

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