Revit Title block line thickness

[julian_seymour]

Newbie here

I'm quite new to Revit, although 30+ years on AutoCAD.

I'm also not new to forums having been online since '96 so trust me I have googled this to death 😞

I've created a title block using the Revit line designations. looks great. Import it into Revit drawing and all of the line weights have gone.

I've checked the line weights are on = yes. Annotation settings weights = yes. If I edit the title box in the drawing it takes me to the file and the line weights have reverted back to thinner lines.

I've been in and out of the drawing about 20 times now and I'm losing the will to live. Please help!!

[barthbradley]

Hello Julian:

I'm not sure I understand the workflow you are using, but if you created a Revit Title Block Family and loaded it into the Revit Project, the line weights used in the Title Block Family can be controlled through Object Styles Category "Title Block" (under "Annotations Objects" Tab). The Subcategories listed under this Category control line weights and patterns. 

[julian_seymour]

Thanks

I've tried those I think - back to the drawing board then!!

[ennujozlagam]

@julian_seymour hello, is there anyway you can post your title block so we can check. delete those text if you dont want us to see if it is confidential i guess. thanks

[FGPerraudin]

Hi @julian_seymour,

What you need to look at is how line styles work, from one family to the project.

First, let's have a look at what makes a line style:

A line STYLE is made of:

1. A line Weight
2. A line Pattern
3. A color

Line weights change according to scale / type (annotations are always 1:1):

And in the line styles you set your weights:

OK, that is for the basics.

Now you know how to create a new line style in your Title block.

Here is the issue.

When you create a line style in your title block and you load your family into your project, Revit CREATES a line style that corresponds into your project.

If you LOAD YOUR FAMILY AGAIN, Revit will not create the line style again.

It will override the one in your family.

So, it explains two things:

1. changing you line style in your family once it has been created in your project WILL NOT UPDATE THE LINE STYLE IN YOUR PROJECT
2. when editing your titleblock/family, displays will differ as LINE STYLES ARE NOT SYNCHRONISED.

So, DO NOT PANICK IF DISPLAYS DIFFER, they will get back to normal once the family is reloaded into the project

And Change the line styles IN YOUR PROJECT for printing, and SINC them BY HAND if you want them to display the same!

François-Gabriel

[FGPerraudin]

PS: 

in TITLE BLOCK, the lines settings are in OBJECT STYLES

[julian_seymour]

Thanks Guys - much appreciated

I'm afraid I'm still lost 😞

I've checked everything above and It STILL shows thin lines that should be 2mm in the sheet. Without writing and essay:-

1/. In the drawing sheet drawing everything is fine. All settings put wide lines object style at 2mm and it shows correctly

2/. in the project directory every setting I can find shows wide lines at setting 7 (2mm same number and width as the title box file)

And they still show narrow lines. Sorry guys I must be doing something dumb but, blumming hell it shouldn't be this complicated surely???

[julian_seymour]

File attached - bear in mind this is the first one I've done!!

[barthbradley]

Sorry if this sounds too basic, but I need to go here..."THIN LINES".   By chance, is Thin Lines (located on Quick Access Toolbar) turned ON? 

[barthbradley]

I have no issues with your Title Block at my end. Tried it in 2017.2 and 2016. Line work is obeying Subcategory Object Styles settings in both Family and Project environment.

[Anonymous]

This should be marked as solution!