Dashed lines in cut family

[lshannonEQEBT]

I have a casework family which I would like to cut through the middle in a plan view and have it show the cut lines as solid, and the lines above as dashed. I have tried changing the visibility settings in the family, the object styles for the casework lines and overrides for the visibility graphics  on casework cut lines. For some reason, all lines are appearing as dashed. I feel like I have done this before and am just having a moment, but what have I forgotten to try?

I have attached the family in question.

[barthbradley]

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/EN...

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2021/EN...

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/EN...

[lshannonEQEBT]

Thanks @barthbradley 

Yeah, I've looked over those as well, and they are not helping in this situation. Basically, no matter what I do to the casework family in terms of line styles, visibility overrides, or view range, it looks like this:

And it should look something like this (we just re-drew it with detail lines):

Any other ideas?

[syman2000]

Looks like it is category issue. When I switch it to Generic Model, it will display properly. So you may want to create it as generic model desk and then load it to casework.

[barthbradley]

I can't get there with your family...

This is what I see in the Project -- no matter the View Range. Like I said, Casework isn't Cuttable.  

And FWIW: this is the Object Styles Dialog in your Family and exactly what I'm using in the Project...

What are your Project/View settings?  

[barthbradley]

Project Wireframe:

[ToanDN]

Like this?

[lshannonEQEBT]

@ToanDN 

That is exactly what we are looking for. How did you do it?

[ToanDN]

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@lshannonEQEBT wrote:

@ToanDN 

That is exactly what we are looking for. How did you do it?

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See the file attached in the previous post.

[lshannonEQEBT]

@ToanDN 

Okay, so looking at it, you did what was previous suggested of changing the model into a generic model and then nesting that into a casework family. So, like @barthbradley  had said, are casework families not cuttable? I thought I read on those support pages that they were. Maybe I'm not understanding them correctly.

[barthbradley]

Why nest the Generic Model into a Casework Family. That would defeat the purpose. Just insert the Generic Model into the Project.  

FWIW: the Dashed Line is a Symbolic Line.  

[syman2000]

Yea this is a weird behavior. I believe many users also encounter the same issue with the casework category. It will cut in section/elevation properly. For plan it is a different beast. Unless the casework is set to cuttable for plan/RCP, you will end up with weird behavior. To guarantee it will cut, set it as generic model nest inside casework and you will get your cut.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-architecture-forum/casework-family-won-t-cut-when-using-view-ra...

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

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@lshannonEQEBT wrote:

@ToanDN 

Okay, so looking at it, you did what was previous suggested of changing the model into a generic model and then nesting that into a casework family. So, like @barthbradley  had said, are casework families not cuttable? I thought I read on those support pages that they were. Maybe I'm not understanding them correctly.

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Casework is like a hybrid category, they are cutable in section but not in plan.  The reason is that for standard architectural floor plans, we cut above the lower casework (they show as projection lines) and below the upper (they show as above (hidden or dashed) lines).  Architectural drawings don't show components inside a casework like shops drawings.