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Precast Inverted T Display Options

Anonymous
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Can anyone answer a simple question - In plan view, how does one have the outermost edges of a "precast inverted t" show up to be a dashed line (I believe they are referred to as the overhead line) while having the inner two lines (the cut lines?) show up as solid? I can get the four lines to show up all as solid, or two lines at a time, but not all four as I would like - i.e inside two solid, outside two dashed.

BTW, I can get it to look the way I want (and the way it should be for a foundation) when using the Foundation Conc with Brick Ledge complex profile.

Thanks for the help.
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__archiben
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David wrote:
Can anyone answer a simple question - In plan view, how does one have the outermost edges of a "precast inverted t" show up to be a dashed line (I believe they are referred to as the overhead line) while having the inner two lines (the cut lines?) show up as solid? I can get the four lines to show up all as solid, or two lines at a time, but not all four as I would like - i.e inside two solid, outside two dashed.
make the floor plan cut plane at a height whereby it cuts through the inner two (top part) of the inverted 'T' and change the uncut line pen to dashed.

(i know - this will stuff up everything else you've got going on and so is probably not especially helpful . . . but it is possible )

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Anonymous
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~/archiben wrote:
make the floor plan cut plane at a height whereby it cuts through the inner two (top part) of the inverted 'T' and change the uncut line pen to dashed.

(i know - this will stuff up everything else you've got going on and so is probably not especially helpful . . . but it is possible )
Is that a better solution than using a Patch, which I have been using so far?