topic Re: Halftone Line in Revit Structure Forum

Halftone Line

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:38:20 GMT

I have one line style I would like to be halftone. I can do it by selecting each line and editing in override graphics in view by element. I don't want to have to do that for each job. I'd like it set in my template. this one line type needs to always be halftone.

Any ideas?

Thank you!

Re: Halftone Line

awes — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:58:33 GMT

Use light gray color in template file?

Re: Halftone Line

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 20:06:37 GMT

I use that but when your printer setting color is set to black lines it doesn't help much.

or do you print using color gray scale?

Re: Halftone Line

revitnation — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 15:53:21 GMT

Consider creating a Selection Filter. You can then add the Selection Filter to multiple View Templates with this powerful Add-In. It is well worth the money for working on large complex projects. https://apps.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Index?id=6434143480366085343&ln=en&os=Win64 Hope this helps!

Re: Halftone Line

PavelAnd — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 20:50:15 GMT

Hi @Anonymous. You can use Dynamo.

Re: Halftone Line

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:04:28 GMT

thank you,

I haven't been using dynamo. The little I play with it i don't understand it. Do you have an suggestions for newbie training classes.

Re: Halftone Line

WEC17 — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:12:38 GMT

on your template go to manage/additional settings/line styles. Click on new tab and create a new line style assign the color you want and the line weight and you be done. This line will be available any time you need it.

Re: Halftone Line

Pkelley — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:25:06 GMT

Did you ever figure out how to create a halftone line style? If so, please share.

Re: Halftone Line

RFreund — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:48:40 GMT

Is there a reason this can't be changed in the view filter?

Re: Halftone Line

jeremy.colombe — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:36:13 GMT

Any solve this? Overriding to halftone is not ideal.

Re: Halftone Line

Pkelley — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 12:44:59 GMT

Instead of trying to make a black line plot halftone I created a new "gray" line using the color I want the line to plot as.

Re: Halftone Line

jeremy.colombe — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:05:40 GMT

I tried that but it still printed dark. I tried 252 gray and the other 152 or wahtever it is. The only way to get the "faded" look was to override as halftone.

Re: Halftone Line

Pkelley — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:20:04 GMT

I use pen 129 for gray and 192 for light gray. You may need to experiment to find the right shade.
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Re: Halftone Line

jeremy.colombe — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:41:51 GMT

Cool I will try a bunch and report back