Linked Revit files - line weights

[patricks]

When I link in a Revit Structure file into my project, where the engineer has copied my walls into his project, the walls in the linked file show with very heavy lines, as opposed to mine.

I have my walls set to weight 7 when cut, and the walls in the Structure file are much heavier, like weight 15 or something! Everything is set to By Host View, so why does it not show the walls in the linked file with the same line weights as my walls?

I'd rather not have to go through every single view and change the linked view to Custom and then turn off the walls. Ideas?

[dbaldacchino]

If set to By Host View, the line weights in the host project govern. You might need to set your link to By Linked View.

EDIT: Oops, misunderstanding. You're saying that they're NOT showing with the same lineweight. Are you sure they're not set to By Linked View instead of By Host View?

[patricks]

yep I checked, the link says By Host View under display settings. If I click on that button, the By Host View radio button is picked, and all the options underneath are grayed out. Model categories, Annotations, etc. are all set to By Host View.

This is not a 2009 problem. I had the same issue in a recent project in 2008 with linked RS and RMEP files.

[dbaldacchino]

So what you're saying is that if the linked file has lineweights that differ from the host file, they will display per the overriden values even if the link is set to By Host View. Interesting...I gotta do some test files to see if I can reproduce the same problem.

[patricks]

So what you're saying is that if the linked file has lineweights that differ from the host file, they will display per the overriden values even if the link is set to By Host View. Interesting...I gotta do some test files to see if I can reproduce the same problem.

I'm not sure if they are displaying per the linked file's settings or not. All I know is that the walls in the linked file have a MUCH heavier cut line weight that my own wall cut line weight settings, despite the fact that the linked file is set to By Host View.

*edit hmm if I changed the linked file to Custom in my floor plan view, but then leave all of the fields now available set to By Host View, then it looks correct. Very odd indeed. Model and Annotation tabs for the linked view are still set to By Host View.

[dbaldacchino]

I can't reproduce the issue. When I link By Host View, the Object Styles (greyed out) is automatically set to "By host file" and the line thickness matches the host's settings. I even tried setting the child project to structural (and the walls too), but it acted the exact same. Is it possible to produce a small file with the issue and post it?

[whatisrice]

I'm having the same exact problem... hence my search for this topic. But here is what I'm doing....

I go into my VG overrides on the view, then try to set my structural engineer's linked file wall-cuts lineweights to the same as mine. Mine are set to 4, when I set his to 4 they are a different weight. When I set them to 2, they are thicker. Finally when I set them to 1, they are similar to my 4.

Question is, on my end, the LW of the 1 thru16 are set in my files Object Style and LW settings. So why would they be different? Even if Object Styles are set to "host", are the lineweights dependent upon the linked files still? Do I need to set LW to "host"? And if so, where do I do that?

That was probably the most confusing couple of paragraphs ever....

Thanks


-edit--I just opened my structural file, looked at his lineweights and instantly saw the problem. SO let's ammend the question: If I can set Objects Styles to host view, can I set Line Weights to host view?

Would this get to your problem too, Patrick?

[Andre Carvalho]

If I can set Objects Styles to host view, can I set Line Weights to host view?

Setting the object styles to host view will make the line weights from the linked file follow the line weights set to the object styles on the host file. Isn't it what you want?

Andre Carvalho

[whatisrice]

Yes, sir. That is what I want. But setting the object style to host isn't setting the lineweights to host. The lineweights are still based on the linked file. I verified this by toggling them in my visual graphics overrides. For instance, when I set a LW to No. 2, it sets it to the linked file's No. 2, not my file's No 2.

[dbaldacchino]

Hmmm I think I might be understanding what's going on now. Revit sets the line weight correctly, but if the line thickness in the linked file for a specific line weight (EX: 4) is different from the line thickness in the host file, that's when you notice the issue as it uses the thickness in each project. So basically Revit is setting the line weight correctly when you use "By Host View" (EX: all cut walls will show with line weight 5), but if in the thickness set for line weight 5 in the linked project is set to 0.18" and in the host it is set to 0.018", Revit will use each respective thickness for elements in each file. Thus the problem Patricks is having with walls...they are displaying with different thicknesses because the line weights are mapped to different thicknesses in each file.

The solution is to use Transfer Project Standards and copy the line weight settings so they're the same between all files.