Architectural Plans don't show beams above

[Anonymous]

Mind Your Head

I have been using Revit for over 15 years and I still dont know why the system does not give the option of showing structural beams 'dashed' that are overhead without creating an extre 2-3-4 steps

Here are some of the ways I have been doing this:

1/ I have created a Beam that  has an invsidble vertical Model line that allows the plan below to react to its presence. Then there are sybmbolic lines which give the dahsed line once the cut plane cuts that 'line'- works pretty well!

2/ The not so great way was to thave the strucutral plan overlayed inot the Sheet view by having the structural beams show only- have then on total transparency and shaded override. This kinda works, but done not give the Architect much dynamic of intrucding his alternatives- I dont liek having the Structual plan as a given.

3/ We could overlay the LInked view of the Structural model for that plan, but then that ruins the holistic template format. I won't have a 50 storey building force a LIniked view manipulation for each plan...(and untick the LInked Model reliance on that template)

Should anyone have comment I would love to hear your point of view

Thanks

Eli

[barthbradley]

What about using the invisible line trick? 

http://revitoped.blogspot.com/2008/01/aaaahthe-old-invisible-line-trick-eh-99.html

....toggle "Show Family Pre-Cut in Plan Views" 

[Anonymous]

I use that method...

I also use a variable ref plane that allows to contorl the height of those lines for varying dpeths of levels, 

And the more extreme problems ar ewith tilted beams- these need model based hidden lines that follow a parrallel ref plane- that will give me their visibilty even when the bottom of the beam is skew,

i am still racking my brain for a more used friendly system