Thick/Thin Line Technique in 3D, Section and Elevation

[DMP33]

A useful hand-drawn and 2D CAD technique is to have a thick line around edges of elements which are in front of another. In ArchiCAD I would like this feature to help give depth to elevations, without having to manually trace. For instance, a wall can have an uncut line type but there is no difference to a line indicating a wall opening or change in material, to a line which is the edge of a wall. I imagine this would be a check box in elevation settings along with shadows, transparency, etc, and a line type chosen as the 'thick' line. There may also need to be a threshold depending on how such a feature is processed. 

[Barry Kelly]

Have you explored 'Fade Distant Elements' in the elevation/section settings.

It automatically reduces the line thickness of element in the distant range.

Barry.

[DMP33]

Hi Barry,
Yes, Fade Distant Elements is useful for things further away, but it's more the outline of closer elements which I'd usually like to be thicker. 

[Barry Kelly]

Yes, you use thicker pens in a "thick"pen set and then fade what is in the distance.

But you can't control the lines of individual elements unless you alter the settings for those elements.

Barry.