RevitCity.com Logo

Home  |  Forums  |  Downloads  |  Gallery  |  News & Articles  |  Resources  |  Jobs  |  FAQ  |  SearchSearch  |  Join  |  LoginLogin

Welcome !

110 Users Online (109 Members): Show Users Online - Most ever was 626 - Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 2:00:17 PM

 

Forums

Forums >> Revit Building >> Technical Support >> Lines in the middle of beams

Search this ThreadSearch this Thread | Page 1 of 1 |

Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 8:31:17 PM | Lines in the middle of beams

#1

dauten


active

Joined: Thu, Mar 10, 2005
16 Posts
No Rating


I am doing an RCP and I've placed heavy timber beams. However, it seems no matter what I try, I can't get rid of some heavy lines down the center of the beam. Any suggestions? I am a relatively new user. Thanks, Deb

This user is offline

 

Wed, Feb 1, 2006 at 7:52:33 AM | RE: Lines in the middle of beams

#2

fazerneil


active

Joined: Thu, May 6, 2004
116 Posts
4 Stars: 4 Votes


Which beams did you use ?

This user is offline

 

Wed, Feb 1, 2006 at 8:35:36 AM | RE: Lines in the middle of beams

#3

JSavage


active

Joined: Tue, Apr 20, 2004
23 Posts
1 Stars: 1 Votes


Check the view's detail settings - Coarse/Medium/Fine - This will effect the way structural members are displayed.

This user is offline

 

Wed, Feb 1, 2006 at 10:30:50 AM | RE: Lines in the middle of beams

#4

dauten


active

Joined: Thu, Mar 10, 2005
16 Posts
No Rating


Thank you both for replying. I used the "Timber" beams. It did go away when I made the view medium (as apposed to coarse - thank you! Now, however, my TJI beams show up as parallel lines instead of the dashed lines I'd made them. It is definitey the lesser of the two problems, but now, is there a way to make the TJI's show up as single lines? Also, is there a way to render a wood grain pattern on the timber beams? Thanks, Deb

This user is offline

 

Wed, Feb 1, 2006 at 11:37:01 AM | RE: Lines in the middle of beams

#5

JSavage


active

Joined: Tue, Apr 20, 2004
23 Posts
1 Stars: 1 Votes


What you're trying to do is show one set of beams at Medium and the other at Coarse. As they are in the same catagory, Visibility settings alone wont help you... There are various work-arounds, but you could try playing with either the Linework tool and/or Detail Lines, ie locking Detail Lines to the beams then turning off the Structural Framing vis. or use Linework>invisible lines to get rid of unwanted lines (time consuming if you have plenty of views). As for rendering beams with a timber grain, there should be a material parameter in the beam's properties (if not, got to Settings>Object Styles) and assign an appropriate texture from the library.

This user is offline

 

Wed, Feb 1, 2006 at 12:29:36 PM | RE: Lines in the middle of beams

#6

dauten


active

Joined: Thu, Mar 10, 2005
16 Posts
No Rating


Thank you! I'll give that a try.

This user is offline

 

Thu, Feb 2, 2006 at 3:40:41 AM | RE: Lines in the middle of beams

#7

fazerneil


active

Joined: Thu, May 6, 2004
116 Posts
4 Stars: 4 Votes


You could save one type of beam as a new type and edit the family to change the view settings of that part of the component that you don't want to see, so they will both appear as you want in course/medium/fine view setting.

This user is offline

 

Thu, Feb 2, 2006 at 9:09:20 PM | RE: Lines in the middle of beams

#8

dauten


active

Joined: Thu, Mar 10, 2005
16 Posts
No Rating


Thank you very much for the suggestion. What I ended up doing was going into "Coarse" view, and then using the Line Editor to select each of my TJI's as "overhead". The solid lines became dash-dot and when I went back into "Medium" view, the TJI's were also dashed. That got me cloe enough - Thanks to you all. Deb

This user is offline

 

Search this ThreadSearch this Thread | Page 1 of 1 |



Similar Threads

Thread/Thread Starter

Forum

Last Post

Replies

connecting steel beams

Revit Building >> Technical Support

Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:33:24 AM

0

BEAMS IN COARSE VIEW PRINTING OUT AS CONTINUOS LINE

Revit Structure >> Technical Support

Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 12:26:43 PM

3

Visual Style of Beams in Plan View

Revit Building >> Technical Support

Thu, May 22, 2014 at 4:01:03 PM

6

Very basic question about displaying lines

Community >> Newbies

Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:35:53 AM

4

Adding gaps to jogged section lines

Revit Building >> Technical Support

Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:08:40 AM

2

Site Stats

Members:

1977276

Objects:

22860

Forum Posts:

152165

Job Listings:

3

Sponsored Ads

Home | Forums | Downloads | Gallery | News & Articles | Resources | Jobs | Search | Advertise | About RevitCity.com | Link To Us | Site Map | Member List | Firm List | Contact Us

Copyright 2003-2010 Pierced Media LC, a design company. All Rights Reserved.

Page generation time: 0.8764

Login

User Name:

Password:

Remember Me  

Forgot Password?

Search Forums

Advanced Search

Search Forums

Advanced Search


Clear Highlights


Clear Highlights