Please Note: Our Discussion forums have moved. If you would like to discuss this article or any aspect of Revit, please do so at www.forums.revit.biz We will be more than pleased to help you with ANY Revit query. A common question for those new to Revit is “how do I change the way that the ground is shown beneath my toposurface?” Modifying (what Revit terms’) the Section Cut Material is very easy- it’s just a case of knowing where to find the setting in the first place! Let’s demonstrate the topic through example: First of all I’ll create a very basic toposurface. I’ll just use 4 points and keep them all at an Elevation of 0. 
If we look at this surface in a 3D View, we see it like so….. 
Obviously this isn’t very realistic, as the surface is shown as an infinitely thin plane. In reality, there would be material below the surface- normally earth (if you’re lucky!) If we create a Section View through the surface, Revit will make the ground condition appear more realistic by showing a Cut Material below the toposurface…. Drawing a section line through the surface…. 
….results in a view like so:- 
So as you can see, we have some earth shown below the cut surface plane. But the real focus of this article is to explain how to modify this representation. Well the first thing to clarify is that this is a standard Revit Material. And as such, you have access to any material that is currently defined in the Materials Library. You can also of course, create your own custom material (including colour, cut pattern, AccuRender texture, etc)
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