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Beams system - only showing dotted lines and no annotations

jvalaleducation — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 23:38:07 GMT

Hello - I have a beam system that is a 2x4 and I want the outline of the 2x4 to show. Right now it's only showing dotted lines as a beam system view.

2nd, I need them to also be annotated once we get them as viewable. Not sure why this is causing me such issues.

Re: Beams system - only showing dotted lines and no annotations

Alfredo_Medina — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 04:42:46 GMT

If I see a toilet, this is probably a floor plan with a typical cut plane at 4 feet. And this view in an existing phase. Are you aware of those two things? That can affect what you see.

If you want to the see the outline of your beams, try going to a reflected ceiling plan or to a structural plan, and set the detail level to medium or coarse.

Re: Beams system - only showing dotted lines and no annotations

jvalaleducation — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 04:46:57 GMT

Will try RCP. thanks

Re: Beams system - only showing dotted lines and no annotations

ToanDN — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 05:10:26 GMT

Lower the view depth.

Re: Beams system - only showing dotted lines and no annotations

jvalaleducation — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 05:16:57 GMT

Yes, but when I do that I lose other things. So, I either need to use an
RCP view, or duplicate the view and then change the view range.

Re: Beams system - only showing dotted lines and no annotations

ToanDN — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 06:07:22 GMT

@jvalaleducation wrote:
Yes, but when I do that I lose other things. So, I either need to use an
RCP view, or duplicate the view and then change the view range.

If the beams are above then turn on Underlay and set to look up.

Re: Beams system - only showing dotted lines and no annotations

ridantuo — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:47:42 GMT

And you can linework them so they show up in the floorplan even if the underlay is set to none.

Re: Beams system - only showing dotted lines and no annotations

handjonathan — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:07:13 GMT

Hi @jvalaleducation

Thanks a lot for posting your question to the forums!   Have the solutions suggested by @ToanDN @ridantuo helped with your issue?
 
We look forward to hearing back from you with more information so we can help you as a community! 

Re: Beams system - only showing dotted lines and no annotations

jvalaleducation — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:39:44 GMT

What dou mean? Line work them?

Re: Beams system - only showing dotted lines and no annotations

jvalaleducation — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:55:30 GMT

this sort of works, but in one of the RCP's the roof beam system is sloped so it's grayed out compared to the 1st Floor RCP which has the beams as dark lines. Not sure how to edit view range to capture all the sloped beam system in all black AND without also seeing the 2nd floor floor joists via the 1st floor RCP.

Re: Beams system - only showing dotted lines and no annotations

ridantuo — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 08:03:05 GMT

This is a floorplan. Here I have beam and ceiling edges done with Linework tool that can be found under modify tab. This way I can tag the ceilings and beams because the lines are overridden by the Linework tool. It is a view dependent tool.

My work flow for the override is the following. Activate underlay, linework one edge of the categories needed (example. ceiling and beam), deactivate underlay, tag objects you have lineworked (example ceiling and beam), select at least one element of lineworked categories you wish to see (one ceiling and one beam), select at least one of each tags that are tagging each lineworked categories (so one that is tagging the beams, one that is tagging ceiling), temporary isolate categories, activate underlay again, linework all the rest and tag all needed, deactivate underlay.