Area boundaries - multiple styles?

[Keith_Wilkinson]

Hi,

Is there a way to have more than one area boundary style within an area plan?  I would have thought this was a fairly basic requirement but yet I can find no obvious way of doing it.  I just want the boundary line to be visually in keeping with the area which it encloses...

Any thoughts?

cheers

K.

[Joris.vd.Meulen]

To my knowledge: no you can't. 

What I do in such cases: 

• only an outline is visually needed: 
  detail line > pick lines > hover over boundary line > hit tab > place
• the area fill is also needed but with an offset from the actual boundary
  filled region > pick lines > set offset > hover over boundary line > hit tab > place

But this is a finishing touch and requires a manual check before being shared.

[Alisder.Brown]

Would it not be simpler to just make the boundary line black? Rather than fuf around.

The reason it is only one colour is so that, regardless where it is, it can be distinguished as an open area boundary and NOT a wall. Multiple colours lines will make it look silly

If you were to make the colour match the area it encloses, it would only match one of the areas, the one next to it will be a diff colour, so does not work very well.

If you really need to:

You can always select > right click > Override graphics in view > by element > projection lines > then change the properties as you wish.

[Keith_Wilkinson]

Alas, not in this instance, no.  I'm using an Area Plan for fire compartmentation and I have different levels of fire compartment - so basically I need 3+ colours of perimeter line which tally with the colour of the hatch I 'm using. 

However override graphics might be an option.

*edit* yes, override graphics would provide a workaround.  Not 100% what I'm after but workable.  Thanks.  🙂

[Joris.vd.Meulen]

Keith,

if it's the full perimeter you want to change (color, linestyle). Perhaps you can make a filter for it.

filter: "fire_A" > red line, dotted (for example area name contains 60min)

filter: "fire_B" > green line, solid

etc

Gives you more control of usage (esp. for multiple levels etc).

[constantin.stroescu]

I use the following method:

https://screencast.autodesk.com/main/details/9b0b55df-70d3-4799-a7d3-815725708432

but I don't know if this will be usefull for you too...

[Keith_Wilkinson]

I have tried the idea of a filter but I can't get it to work.  It works fine for the fill just not the lines...

[Joris.vd.Meulen · Accepted solution]

Keith,

Check this screencast http://screencast.com/t/kaKpUW7CbF I made.

Does this help you?

[Keith_Wilkinson]

hmm.... this is very odd.  that is exactly what I've done and yet the line colour and style hasn't changed...

*edit* let me correct that, that's *almost* exactly what I did - except for the interior fill bit!

This is now looking much more promising.

*edit* yes, I think this will work.  Many thanks one and all for your input, it has helped greatly.

[constantin.stroescu]

you have a kudo from me.....I've made the same steps as you did but I did not checked Interior Fill , considering it irrelevant for border..... It was relevant....

[Joris.vd.Meulen]

Thnx Constantin.

[Anonymous]

If you only need perimeter lines I presume you can simply adjust the fill transparency (one row below projection lines) like in Constantines video