Dwight wrote:
Explode your plan into lines.
Replace with sketch lines found in default line types.
In the 'old' days, we had to do this explode thing in a temporary file.
A 'new' way of doing this since 11 is to use the Worksheet tool to take a snapshot of your entire plan and explode the elements in the Worksheet, thus leaving your model untouched. When you select all lines, only 'real' lines will be available for change to a sketchy line type. When this old tip first surfaced, we did not have cover fills, so if your slabs use those kinds of fills, the linework in them will not be selectable. Either turn them off via Model View Options, or change the fill in the exploded copy.
There will not be any line overshoots, only squiggly lines with this method.
An outrageously complex way of getting a sketchy plan without add-ons is given in this old tip. But, hey, its free if you have more time than money:
http://www.archicadwiki.com/TechNotes/Sketch%20Rendering%20from%20Floor%20Plan?highlight=%28plan%29%...
(I suspect there are easier ways than in the link above now...have not really thought about it since then...)
Cheers,
Karl
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