Re: Footings that Intersect
I think what you're seeing is the two dashed lines overlapping. If they are different lengths than they fill in each others gaps, so to speak.
Re: Footings that Intersect
But where are the 2nd dashed lines coming from? There is no footing above or below the footings. If they are the dashed line representing the bottom edge of the footing do you know of a way to hide them?
Re: Footings that Intersect
I would play around with the Linework tool <Invisible Line> as well as hiding an element in view, just make sure it's just one element. I believe that yes, if the top and bottom of the footing is different lengths, the dashed lines will screw up this way.
Re: Footings that Intersect
Have you joined the two footings? You might be seeing the two edges of the two footings. Sometimes auto joint works fine, but other times I find that I need to get in and actually join the footings together.
Re: Footings that Intersect
Yes, I have. It seems that to happen when the footings are a different thickness. If I make them the same thickness it makes the problem go away, which makes making a accurate model that also looks good difficult.
Re: Footings that Intersect
The Revit philosophy: Massive amount of display settings, limited amount of display control.
Re: Footings that Intersect
Re: Footings that Intersect
You could try setting the foundations to be a hidden line, then uncheck the 'hidden lines" options.
In theory that might fix the problem.
But most times, revit is going to draw line if you have 2 different thickness.
Re: Footings that Intersect
That is an interesting idea. I will try it.