profcad Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Merry Christmas everyone. I have two beams at Elev 8' to 9' (Top of Wall). How can I get these beams to show up on the floor plan with the cutting plane set at 4'. I want these two beams to show up on the floor plan as hidden lines. It is possible in Revit or do I need to draw some hidden lines to represent the beams. See below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAD-LOVER0208 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I would love to help, but, i'm myself suck at revit, still learning though and I LOVE to know it more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARCHdoc Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 OK, Are these beams visible in a higher view, like a roof plan or top of wall level? If so, in your floor plan, bring up your view properties, under graphics there is a filed called "underlay". Change this to whatever view the beams are seen in. Use your lineweight tool, it looks like a fountain pen on your second menu bar. Change the type to overhead/hidden or whatever you like. Select the edge of the beams that you would like to be visible in the view. This actually appears to add a line in this view for the beams, but it is actually the edge of the beam. Go back to your view properties and change the underlay to none. You should see a dashed line where your beams were, which wil be dynamic to your beam, so if the beam moves, your dashed line will move with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRevit Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 you could use a view plan to set a different view range for that area of the building to show them aswell on the floor plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARCHdoc Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Yes that is another option. We have had issues with the view region also including the adjacent structure to objects at a higher level and causing strange visibility situation on the plans, not in every case, but certainly enough to be annoying. Also, the amount of view regions can cause performance issues with the model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RfOeCnKdOeNr Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 OK, Are these beams visible in a higher view, like a roof plan or top of wall level?If so, in your floor plan, bring up your view properties, under graphics there is a filed called "underlay". Change this to whatever view the beams are seen in. Use your lineweight tool, it looks like a fountain pen on your second menu bar. Change the type to overhead/hidden or whatever you like. Select the edge of the beams that you would like to be visible in the view. This actually appears to add a line in this view for the beams, but it is actually the edge of the beam. Go back to your view properties and change the underlay to none. You should see a dashed line where your beams were, which wil be dynamic to your beam, so if the beam moves, your dashed line will move with it. Definitely take that route.. but make sure your detail level is set to fine.. If it is set to course you will not see the beam correctly. Most likely it will look like a single wide line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profcad Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 This works great. Thank you for your assistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaurnab Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 OK, Are these beams visible in a higher view, like a roof plan or top of wall level?If so, in your floor plan, bring up your view properties, under graphics there is a filed called "underlay". Change this to whatever view the beams are seen in. Use your lineweight tool, it looks like a fountain pen on your second menu bar. Change the type to overhead/hidden or whatever you like. Select the edge of the beams that you would like to be visible in the view. This actually appears to add a line in this view for the beams, but it is actually the edge of the beam. Go back to your view properties and change the underlay to none. You should see a dashed line where your beams were, which wil be dynamic to your beam, so if the beam moves, your dashed line will move with it. Where can i find " lineweight tool" in revit 2015 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 I thought one uses the Linework Tool to edit the way lines look in Revit. In release 2011 the tool could be found on the Modify Tab > View panel. Not sure if it was moved in 2015. Wouldn't your Help file tell you where it is located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Or type LW for the Keyboard Shortcut. Glad to see Mark using Revit nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Just passing time til the more knowledgeable Revit users made an appearance. I'm still very much a novice so no need to worry I'll steal your thunder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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