STEEL BEAM STICK VIEW SETTINGS HELP

[residarchitect]

I am a Residential Architect looking to use the structural tools in Revit Bldg
8.1. I have always shown my structural representations as 2D detail lines
in Revit. I thought to try out the structural tools this time around.

Everything is going great, however, I can not get my Steel Beam to show
up as a dashed line. I have checked the "Stick View On Top" but it gives
me the result below. I want a dashed heavier line for a structural beam.

What do I need to do to make that happen?

I just posted this in Revit Structure but thought I don't have Revit Structure
and maybe the solution would be different with Revit Bldg and Revit Structure?
so I posted here as well
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[erikbjur]

The quick answer is change from medium detail to course detail. Make sure the beam is on the Girder object style, under properties.

[residarchitect]

Erik,

Thanks for the quick reply. I tried for 10 min to change the beam(s)
in question to the Girder object style, under properties. But could not see
how to do that. Help

I pull up element properties and was not apparent how to get the Girder
object style. I tried View Properties and then went under Object Styles
and again, have no clue how to get those beam puppies to become
Girder Object style.

[Melarch]

select any beam and then right-click to Select All Instances - In the Element Properties for the beams on the Instance Parameters page select Structural Usage and set it to Girder.