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manolo8a

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hey, im not sure if this goes here, but im desperate,  I usually do things by hand, just started  working on revit, and  works great, but theres 1 thing i cant get to do...

 while im working on level 2, al of level 1 is supposed to look greyish and just the  roof, but  in my view it shows furniture and everything else on it, how can i make this go away or tur it off... plz i need help desperate!! please, thanks in advance!

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manolo8a

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sorry bout my english....  i guess most of you didnt understand my question,  i have another one, ill export my plans as  an image, but everyline looks the same,  so how do i give the line thikness necesary or is there some way to do it?   the thin lines box is no t on.... and maybe some advice on elevations... mine look like crap... thank you!

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In that plan view (level 2 right?) look at the "Properties" dialog box, you can see "Underlay"? change that to "level 2"

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manolo8a

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ty so much that did it! any comments on the line thickness?

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Export to PDF or DWF then those lines will print fine

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manolo8a

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ok, but i mean, im working on some plans, and for example the wall lines are supposed to look thicker than the floor lines, how do i make em so?

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Lines in monitor views can be shown with thickness or all as thin lines so the first thing is to make sure you are not on thin line setting.  So check the view Tab / Graphics / Thin lines switch.

All linework is controlled by way of object styles.  You can set these globally from the Manage tab / Object styles.  Then in individual views, you can modify these settings through the view's VG settings.  Type VG.  And finally you can over-ride individual elements in a view through object over-rides and linework tool.  Use your help to learn more.

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itsmyalterego

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another failure at comrehensive reading:  I'm simplifying this.

Object styles controls the global lineweights of everything in the model.  For example, walls--when cut--are lineweight 5.  walls when seen in projection, are lineweight 3. Floors might be cut: 7 Projection: 6 or something weird.  Who knows -- some templates are funky. 

Just an example.  If your floors are darker/thicker than your walls, you can set the floor values lower.  Just keep in mind that this is global. 

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