Override line color also override weight and style

[Nic M.]

If I only override the color of a line in the visibility/graphic dialog and the other parameters remained by category, they do change in solid, weight 1 lines.
Is this the intended behavior ?

I have 2 plans of the same level.
plan 1 has different lines in different colors and thickness
plan 2 also need these lines in light grey but I would like to keep the different patterns and thickness.

Seems like I have to check which pattern was assigned to which line style and set it back in the visibility/graphic override dlg if I change the by category color.
definitely a wish

[beegee]

Nic,

I'm not able to replicate that behaviour.

I can over-ride colour, weight and style view specifically or just colour, for example, with weight and style remaining By Category. Or any other combination.

[Nic M.]

Beegee, thanks for the assist

I have attached my findings
My initial linetype is a fat blue dashed line
In another view I override this linetype with colour black
The pattern changes to solid and the thickness changes to 1

The default Wide linetype overridden to colour red changes the thickness to 1

If I start from a Thin line and override this to colour , thickness or pattern it changes correct

[beegee]

Nic,

Firstly, so we are on the same page, what Version and Build are you using ?

[Nic M.]

Build 20041213_2030 Rel7.0

If you start from a solid, black, 1 unit thick line (Thin Line) you can override everything
if you start from a dashed, colour more than 1 unit thick line if override 1 parameter the other change to solid, black, 1 unit thick line

are you not experiencing this?

[beegee]

Yes, following that process, I see the same result.

That's a bug, Mr M.


Build 20041213_2030 Rel7.0

If you start from a solid, black, 1 unit thick line (Thin Line) you can override everything
if you start from a dashed, colour more than 1 unit thick line if override 1 parameter the other change to solid, black, 1 unit thick line

are you not experiencing this?

[studioCJF]

beegee

That is/was a bug in the latest version of 6.1 as well. I found that out just last week when I was trying to change just the color of the lines and ended up loosing all the line weights and styles.
Actually what I was trying to do was adjust the color of the halftone and found out by searching the archives that is is not possible to adjust the halftone color. arrgh!

Clark

[Nic M.]

Thanks for the confirmation Mr. G
allways nice to be part of the bugbuster team

I ain't afraid of no bug!

[rudolfesterhuyse]

I find that I still have this problem with Revit 9.1 If I override only the colour, the lineweight changes to 1. Is this stil a bug?

[DoTheBIM]

still happening in 2008 as well... I'm turning it in case no one else did or it needs another vote.

[cdetore]

It's funny that it happens in the object styles menu, or using the Override Graphics in View "By Category" option. The "By Element" option seems work fine.

CD

[gordolake]

Still happening in 2009 ??? What a PITA.

Factory, why does this bug carry over from version to version?. It makes my plans look like ****.
I want to override color only not line weight.

How do you all handle this, any good work arounds? suggestions....

steve