Line Weights not changing

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I am creating a family with nested families. I have a section cut detail component which I want put in a family. I inserted the detail and saved it as a family and nested the same to another bigger family. When I nest it there, the line weights are not able to be reduced. Is there any step which I am missing or should I manually draw each component, which I think is not generic.

Please advice.

[dzanta]

verify the following:

1.  Object Styles dialog box settings for detail components

2.  Subcategory of lines created if necessary

3.  Object style is added inside the families

[Anonymous]

I am still getting the thick lines . I tried changing the line weights in the families. 

What I did was I imported the detail item from the revit libraries and put it in one family and again nested these two to another family and finallly loaded to a project. I changed the object styles, created sub categories but when I load it to a project The line thickness doesn't change.

Please can you help me out here 

[Keith_Wilkinson]

Can you post it?

[dzanta]

if you can attach the families, we can look at it for you.

[Anonymous]

Thank you. I am attaching the nested family. Whne you load it to a project and place it on a wall. ( A wall based family). And do a section cut. The detail lines are thick. Please tell me how to control that and I will be good.

Thanks for the help! @dzanta

[Keith_Wilkinson · Accepted solution]

In your family : Nominal Cut Lumber-Section.rfa the boundary line type is set to Heavy Lines - I think this might be the cause you your issues.

[Anonymous]

@Keith_Wilkinson it worked!!

Should I use the same concept for walls and any other line weight problems. I would like to create a sub category of line weights and apply them to every job. Is that possible?

[Keith_Wilkinson]

Generally everything in your project is controlled under object styles.  If you create new sub categories in your families they will ultmately appear there as well.  I try to keep things as consistent as possible and don't go creating unnecessary sub categories.  Keep it clean and simple and you should be fine.

[Anonymous]

I think we have a similar issue - if we take a family and in our project file join it to a wall, the family takes on the line type properties of the wall. Is there a way for the family to join without changing line weights? Is this also an object style issue?

[ToanDN]

What kind of family?