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How to Remove the Joint Line Between Walls of Different Materials on a Plan in Revit

When walls of different materials meet on a plan, Revit draws a separation line between them along with two separate fill patterns. On general plans this is often unnecessary — you want the walls to read as one solid wall, with no joint between the materials. In this lesson we'll see how to achieve that without changing the materials themselves and without breaking how the walls look on other views.

The result​

At the Coarse detail level, two joined walls of different materials merge into a single solid area of one color — with no separation line. At the Medium and Fine detail levels everything stays as before: the walls are still split according to their configured material display.

Step 1. Join the walls with Join Geometry​

  1. Go to the Modify tab.
  2. Pick the Join Geometry tool.
  3. Click the first wall, then the second.

The wall geometry is joined, and Revit no longer treats their joint as an outer boundary. Without joining, the next steps won't work and the separation line will remain.

Step 2. Set the coarse-detail fill for each wall​

For each of the joined walls:

  1. Select the wall and click Edit Type.
  2. In the type properties, find Coarse Scale Fill Pattern and set it to Solid fill.
  3. Set Coarse Scale Fill Color to the color you want — for example, gray.
tip

Add the chosen color to your palette (custom colors) so you can quickly apply the same shade to the second wall and to future projects.

Repeat the same for the second wall (in the example, the insulated wall): the same solid fill, the same gray color.

Now, at the Coarse detail level both walls are filled identically and meet with no visible joint line, while at Medium and Fine they are displayed the way their materials are set up.

Step 3. Switch only the walls to Coarse detail​

Often you don't want to drop the entire view to Coarse — the other elements should stay as they are. In that case you can set the Coarse detail level for walls only:

  1. Open Visibility/Graphic Overrides (shortcut VG / VV).
  2. Find the Walls category.
  3. Set its Detail Level to Coarse.

After this, the view's overall detail level can stay anything you like (Medium, Fine), but on this specific view the walls will always display at Coarse — reading as one solid wall. The setting applies only to the current view and doesn't affect other plans.

When this is useful​

  • General plans, where the building's shape matters more than the wall makeup.
  • Marketing and presentation layouts.
  • Any plan where the detail of the wall layers is distracting.

In short​

  1. Join the walls with Join Geometry.
  2. In each wall's type, set a Solid fill of one color at the Coarse detail level (Coarse Scale Fill Pattern + Coarse Scale Fill Color).
  3. Use Visibility/Graphic Overrides to set the Coarse detail level for the Walls category only.

Done — the joint line between different materials disappears where you don't need it, while all the other plan elements keep their original settings.

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