topic Re: black lines in some of my elemnts in Revit Architecture Forum

black lines in some of my elemnts

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 09:04:53 GMT

I have some issue with my model in revit 2017.

some of my elements have black lines attached to them.

like in the photo, some beams are OK, and some have black lines that.

what are they? and how can I delete them?

Re: black lines in some of my elemnts

barthbradley — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 18:07:20 GMT

Being that we're looking at beams in course detail view, I'd say the black stick symbol is defined to be black through object styles. Go to that beam's family and verify it's stick symbol's sub-category, and then look for that sub-category under Object Styles in the project. Betcha it's black.

...Another reason it's shown black, is because it's overlapping other beams...or, it's phased differently...or...(more to come)

Re: black lines in some of my elemnts

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 07:46:11 GMT

You can't delete them, as they are part of the beams...

You can turn them off in VG by unchecking "Show Analytical model categories in this view" under the Analytical Model Categories tab...

But those black lines are there so you can see where the connections are focusing on for loads.

Re: black lines in some of my elemnts

barthbradley — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 08:15:55 GMT

@Anonymous : Actually you can delete the stick symbol from the family. If you do though, you need to change the visability settings so that there is something visible in Course View. All the model elements are invisible in course view presently.

Re: black lines in some of my elemnts

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 16:42:56 GMT

Some, yes. A lot of OOTB framing the stick symbol is built into the system though....try opening a W or T Beam and see if you can find the stick symbol...

Custom beams will have the stick symbol shown and you can delete them...trusses too.

Re: black lines in some of my elemnts

barthbradley — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 17:32:43 GMT

I stand corrected @Anonymous. You're absolutely right.

Well then, in those kind of families, I would change "Symbolic Representation" (under Properties) to "From Family" (the default is "From Project Settings").