Linetypes

[Anonymous]

I would like to create a concrete slab layout from the floor plans, is there a way to change the walls, columns etc to a dashed linetype only for the slab layouts and not affect the floor plans?

Thanks

[Steve Jepson]

Unfortulatly, you can not have different line types for walls for different views with out changing them. However, this is not that hard to do using the find and select tool.

If I understand your question right, you could use the ghost story feature. Use a light color for the ghost story and have the ghost story settings show only the walls, posts and other things you want.

Another option I use sometimes is to select and copy the walls you want to see dashed, paste them off to the side of your drawing, change all the heights to .01", group them together, put them on a layer called(whatever), change all of the openings to blank openings. You can use this set of short walls in lots of places like roof framing plans, joist plans, electrical plans,what ever,and you can change the line types and fills to what ever you need them to be. I usually give them all an elevatoin of 50' or so above the roof so they don't get in my way with 3D editing.

[Aussie John]

the other way (although a bit complex) is:

1)goto display options and change wall fills to empty then
2)select all the walls. go to file >GDL objects> save selection as.

3)save into a project specific folder (create one if needed) and later you can add that folder in your library manager.

4)Place the library part in your drawing.
Now here is the IMPORTANT part.
5)Open the library part for script editing. (select the file>GDL objects> open)

6)go to the 3d script part. select all the text and then delete.
save and close.

7)You now can change the line type to dashed in the normal object settings and because you deleted the 3d script not effect any othe 3D generation.

[Djordje]

The age old technique of overlaying in PlotMaker, while changing the pens of the underlay drawing to light gray, is probably the safest bet?

[Anonymous]

thanks for all the tips!

[Karl Ottenstein]

There's also the tip that someone posted here, and that I've adopted, of placing a striped fill on top of the foundation. For the fill, use a heavy white pen and a transparent background. You're left with the appearnce of dashed lines. You'll need more than one fill depending on the angles of the underlying linework.

The model remains completely live this way.

Karl