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I keep making the same mistake, then I have to figure it out again, so maybe posting about it will help. The problem is, I make a new family and when I place it in a test project it is half toned. Turns out, I just skipped a rather important step. I used a generic family template and forgot to set the appropriate family category (see below). The default generic models category displays half toned based off the Revit MEP view discipline setting.
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