topic Re: Wall join showing hidden line in Revit Structure Forum

Wall join showing hidden line

MartinGTE — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 08:13:26 GMT

I am using Revit Structure 2020. I have an RC wall that has another RC wall on top of it. However it's showing a hidden line when there shouldn't be one. Both walls are the same material, in the same phase and follow the same profile. Any idea's why it's showing a hidden line?

Re: Wall join showing hidden line

hmunsell — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:28:50 GMT

need more information.... it sounds like they are 2 separate walls, one physically placed on top of the other. Are the walls the same length? What is your view depth? what is your Show Hidden Line settings set to for the section view? would you be able to upload the model for us to look at?

you can use the Linework (LW) tool to, set the line type to <Invisible Lines> and pick the line to clean it up.

Re: Wall join showing hidden line

MartinGTE — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:31:37 GMT

Correct. I have a 345mm wide wall with a 150mm wide wall on top of it. They are both the same length and the view depth is only 100mm.

The LW tool I have tried and doesn't work.

I was stripping out the model for upload and when I deleted my detail lines and 2D repeating details, it's now now. So I have cut another section and it's fine.

Graphics glitch?

Re: Wall join showing hidden line

ToanDN — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:43:18 GMT

Compare the view's disciplines.

Re: Wall join showing hidden line

MartinGTE — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:49:00 GMT

Both the same. Odd

Re: Wall join showing hidden line

hmunsell — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:48:58 GMT

@MartinGTE wrote:

Graphics glitch?

possibly... i have seen weirder things happen :-).

i was only able to duplicate the issue with one wall was shorter, the view depth of the sections was set past the shorter segment and the Show Hidden lines was set to ALL.

Re: Wall join showing hidden line

ipselute — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 10:06:16 GMT

Well, check if both walls are marked as structural and both are marked as Enable Analytical Model.

If the slender wall is not Analytical, it might explain the hidden line.

Re: Wall join showing hidden line

MartinGTE — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 12:27:29 GMT

I have checked that and both not analytical. Also checked bearing too. Both the same walls. It's fine now as I cut a new section and it went.

Definite graphics glitch