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DangCad1
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Stair's hidden line squiggly

I am trying to place a stair in my floor plan. and want it to show solid lines below the cut and dashed lines above the cut. 

I've chosen "With Break Mark: Visible - Hidden" in Floor Plan Display. Unfortunately, the object seems to have some kind of squiggly line chosen for the hidden part, see screenshot:

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If I choose to override object's line types, I can't choose different line types for visibile/hidden - so when I pick solid line there, the whole stairs shows as solid line:

Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 15.38.56.png


What can I do to fix this? Is there a way to either change the stair objects inherent line types or to choose different line types for visible/hidden when I override the object's line types?

 

Operating system used: Mac Apple Silicon Sequoia 15.3.1

AC 28 / Apple M4 Pro 24 GB / OS Tahoe 26.3.1
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Laszlo Nagy
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Expand the "Floor Plan Display" setting on the left, and under "Grid and Structure", check the various line types settings (see image below) for the Hidden Part (above the Break Mark).

 

Stair-Grid+Structure-Linetypes.png

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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin

Expand the "Floor Plan Display" setting on the left, and under "Grid and Structure", check the various line types settings (see image below) for the Hidden Part (above the Break Mark).

 

Stair-Grid+Structure-Linetypes.png

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AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac29
DangCad1
Booster

There it was, thank you!

AC 28 / Apple M4 Pro 24 GB / OS Tahoe 26.3.1
Dave Brach
Expert

Hi, this solution is not working for me.  I have the stair set to "with break mark visible/hidden".  And I have all grid and structure lines set to "dashed" but the stair above beak mark still shows a solid line.  What am I missing?

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Dave Brach/architect AC28 Macbook M4 Pro OS Sequoia
Patrick M
Ace

change your library part (top center) from "Built-in stair grid" to "stair grid"... funny enough, this came up in a training q&a session just last week, so I have a vid already spun up!

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