can't create new lines for a new titleblock

[khanson-3b]

I am trying to create a new title block from a Autocad file of an existing titleblock. My Acad titleblock had some thick plines that I need to create in Revit. However when I go to settings/line styles and create a new line it wont let me change my existing line to the new linetype I just created. What am I doing wrong?

[rmcelvain.103137]

I am trying to create a new title block from a Autocad file of an existing titleblock. My Acad titleblock had some thick plines that I need to create in Revit. However when I go to settings/line styles and create a new line it wont let me change my existing line to the new linetype I just created. What am I doing wrong?
k,

I don't think you're doing anything wrong. None of the Linestyles in the Settings pulldown appear as an option with the Lines tool. What you can do is to set up a Linestyles drawing in AutoCAD, create layers that will become the names of the Linestyles. In Revit, go the the File pulldown, under the Import/Export Settings choose the Import Line Weights; look at what is mapped currently and in the Acad drawing, apply the Color Number that matches the Line Weight portion of the Import Line Weights dialogue box.

Example:

In Revit, the Import Line Weights dialogue box has the following settings:

DWG/DXF Color Number------------ Line Weight
-------------1---------------------------------------1--------
-------------2---------------------------------------2--------
-------------3---------------------------------------3--------
-------------4---------------------------------------4--------
and so on....
In Acad, have a drawing Named "Title Block Linestyles.dwg". This drawing has 4 lines drawn in it, each on their own layer. The layers are "Title Block Line Width 1" (color 1), "Title Block Line Width 2" (color 2), "Title Block Line Width 3" (color 3), "Title Block Line Width 4" (color 4).

So, now you can Import the "Title Block Linestyles.dwg" into your Titleblock Family, explode it and you will have those 4 new Linestyles available to you. You can then modify any of the lines in your Title Block Family to be one of those.

Add more lines in your Acad Drawing as necessary.

As a side note, you can also modify the Import Line Weights settings to match your current Acad Pen Settings and save that as an external file to be used when importing your company standard acad drawings. Just remember the linestyle names will match the layer names.

Hope this helps,