We use filters with a color and solid pattern to get colors on pipes and ducts. The filter looks for the system name.

I wish. As the architect who gets the models down stream this would make my day... maybe my hour. The way most I’ve worked with are doing it is directly by the system type which I then have no real control of when I link their model into mine. Boo


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As an architect, I’ve provided special views to consultants that have filters set up to show fire rating, for example. You might ask the consultant to do the same?

You can override the linked file system colors by Filter: I do it all the time - you just have to find a common value to filter by

I discovered a nice way to control linked colours recently, when linking MEP models into each other (With system filters for pipe and duct colours).
The most reliable way to filter any type of elements across linked models is with 'workset', but this only works if you have worksets with the same name in the host and link models.

So.. Name the active/main workset in each model the same as the model name.
Whenever you link a model, put it in a workset that is also the same as the model name.
Now you have consistent workset names in all your models and you can filter each link to look however you like.
(For example show, but grey out mep models from other surrounding buildings. Or link new and old versions of a model over each other, filter one to be red so you can see changes. Or just make links consistently grey/thin lines without using the halftone settings)

Seems like a lot of work. Filters can override the Graphic Overrides of MEP models. Easiest most consistent way.

-TZ