changing lineweight of composite slab
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2016-09-21
06:14 PM
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2023-05-25
05:38 PM
by
Rubia Torres
I am new to this forum and have a problem with lineweights in composite structures.
I have a floor slab that its lines appeared too thick on sections. I have edited the composite structure and changed the pens of each of the lines. However the pens on the particular slab that uses this composite structure have not been updated and the slab lines are still too thick.
I am using Archicad 19. What am I doing wrong?

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2016-09-22 04:27 PM
Are section fills also affected or only lines?
Could it be that you have a Renovation Filter active in the Section?
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2016-09-23 11:08 AM
thanks for your reply. Yes the problem is with the pens also. The problem might be easy, but I have little experience with Archicad.
I am attaching an image: On the top is the current slab in section with black lines. The view in the middle shows the settings of the slab. The bottom view shows the settings of the composite structure, where I have changed the pen of the lines. However they don't show on the slab section.
What can be wrong?

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2016-09-23 02:09 PM
In your top image (the only one where the slab is not selected), there appear to be black dashed lines over the slab outlines which look like they are the correct color. Are you sure there are not other elements overlaying the slab in section? You might want to look at the slab in isolation from all other elements.
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2016-09-23 02:52 PM
What I am curious about is how those timber sections and that insulation got there in the Section. They are not part of the Slab Composite, I assume. So they must be coming from some other element. Is it possible that that other element has these black lines defined in it and those lines overlap the Slab lines in Section and this is why you do not see the Slab Composite's blue lines?
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2016-09-23 03:33 PM

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2016-09-23 11:12 PM
Is the "Uniform Pen for Cut Elements" checkbox checked? That could cause such a behavior.
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