showing duct work dash below other ductwork

[raj banerjee]

i have a duct layout and when its in the viewport i want it to show ducts which are underneath other to be dashed, I though MEPO did this automatically?

Anyone got any ideas?

cheers

[GolfBum]

For some reason your hidden lines must be turned off as they do show by default.....Go To >format>style manager >HVAC objects> select the system you re working on then click on the display tab and double click plan......in there you will need to make sure all hidden lines are turned on.....Click OK (make sure that the style override is checked off) then hit apply or OK to exit style manager......you may have do a regen but you shuld have hidden lines now

[raj banerjee]

thanks for that Golf, unfortunatly its still a solid line :-(

I bet it is something simple.lol

Any more ideas??

[Theabunai]

just a quick question

Your hidden layer your linetype is dashed right ??

If so click the line(s) go to properites and set the linetype scale to the scale your drawing in
for example it usually says 1 if the drawing is 1/4 set that to .25
It should show now...

Sometimes the dashed lines won't show if the scale is to big

[Jacko93]

Is it showing in the model, but not the viewport? If so, when in Paperspace, try entering PSLTSCALE into the command line, then toggle it between 1 and 0. Do a regenall and see how it goes. Should solve the problem.