There are many situations when you need to show the outline or boundary of overhead elements on your plan views.
Revit joint roof show line in realistic view.
Edit visibility color and pattern.
Some typical scenarios are the include the outline of the perimeter of the roof the outline of an entrance canopy roof light positions etc.
When finished click ok.
By default all walls created in revit are joined together.
When you set a view in revit to the realistic visual style materials are not visible.
Solution materials will not be visible with the realistic visual style unless revit hardware acceleration is enabled.
Move the slider or enter a number between 0 and 10 to indicate how far a model line s endpoints extend beyond intersections.
After you edit any of the above you can click apply to keep the view specific element graphics dialog open and instantly see how the change affects the model.
Edit the line weight color and pattern.
In the properties dialog box for the view you want to see the overhang lines in set the underlay drop down to be the level on which the roof was created.
Click view tab create panel default 3d view.
This setting honors changes to line styles and visibility of hidden line subcategories as specified in the visibility graphics dialog.
Select the check box to turn on depth cueing for the current view.
In some cases you want to see a line between two walls especially in a case where an interior wall is joined with an exterior wall.
To enable hardware acceleration.
If necessary use the viewcube to spin the design to facilitate selecting the wall or roof edges.
Window places a window in a wall or skylight in a roof.
Options graphics graphics mode use hardware acceleration direct3d.
A value of 10 results in lines that extend well beyond intersections.
On the view control bar for visual style select shaded.
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1 st floor no overhang.
It also displays hidden lines defined using the show hidden lines by element tool of the view menu.
Showing overhead lines on your plans.
3d view of roof begin by opening the plan view in which you want to see the roof line overhang as a hidden line.
A common issue among revit beginners is the unability to properly control if a line will display between 2 walls.
Do not display hidden lines in this view.
Posted on 10 03 2015 12 11 2015.
If desired set the lines of the second roof to be slope defining except the roof line that will be coincident with the first roof or the wall.
There is 3 ways to fix this issue.
