Metric Tutorials - Autodesk

Modifying Line Patterns and Styles
In this exercise, you create a new line pattern and apply it to the truss in plan view. You then create a new
line style to represent underslab drainage.
NOTE This exercise requires the completion of the previous exercise. Use the project file that you saved at the
end of that exercise, m_Settings-in progress.rvt.
Create a new line pattern
1 Verify the 3D view is active.
2 Click Settings menu ➤ Line Patterns.
3 In the Line Patterns dialog, click New.
4 In the Line Pattern Properties dialog, enter Truss for Name.
5 Enter the Types and Values shown in the following illustration:
6 Click OK twice.
You have created a new line pattern; now you must apply it. There are 2 ways to apply the line
style to the truss. You can use the Visibility/Graphics settings to modify the truss appearance
in a specific view, (example: plan view), or you can use Object Styles to apply the change to all
views.
Apply the new line pattern
7 In the Project Browser, under Floor Plans, double-click T.O. Fnd. Wall.
8 On the View Control Bar, click Model Graphics Style, and click Hidden Line.
9 Click Settings menu ➤ Object Styles.
10 In the Object Styles dialog:
■ Under Category, expand Structural Framing, and select Web Joist.
■ Under Line Pattern, select Truss.
■ Click OK.
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