Structural Beams - Double Lines Instead Of Single Lines

[Anonymous]

Working on a job where structural beams will show up as double lines instead of single lines. I've been through several forums and done enough homework so I have already crossed out the most obvious answers.

-I've changed from Fine/Medium to Course in both the View and Visual Graphics

-I've Checked the beam families for a Symbolic line but also I had two Identical beams one showing as double lines and the other showing the single line so I'm sure it wasn't anything to do with the families.

-I've played around with the view range

-I've changed the Discipline

The only way I've managed to fix the problem on the two identical beams was I simply deleted the one showing double lines and copied the single line in its place but now we have a plan showing ALL of the beams as double lines. So any suggestions outside the typical solutions would be great!

Thanks in Advance

[ToanDN]

Share the beam family that gives you the trouble.

[Anonymous]

Its multiple Families and its the Wide Flange Families that come with the program. This is a new problem for us so unless the original family was messed with outside of a job I don't see the issue being with the family itself.

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

The beam seems normal.  If you create a new plan view or structural plan view from the View menu (untick Do not duplicate existing view), and set the new view to Coarse, then how are the beam looking?

[Anonymous]

Ok after creating a new structural view the beams came out looking the way they should. The only beams showing as a double line are set at an angle so I'm guessing this would have something to do with the View Range?

Is there a way to change the angled beams to single line?

[ToanDN]

Is your view looking up or down?

[Anonymous]

looking down

[ToanDN]

I can't replicate.  All beams show as single lines whether they are flat, sloped, flat + rotated profile, sloped + rotated profile.

[Anonymous]

Could it have something to do with it being connected to the columns? it runs diagonal between two columns and i have it cut at both ends where it meets.

I copied over another beam and put it at the same level and same slope (red circle) and it shows correctly the only difference is no columns.

[ToanDN]

How did you cut the beam?  I used the coping tool on the structure ribbon and the cut beam show as single line still.

[barthbradley]

Is the a graphics issue in the Family or the Project?  The way I read it, the issue is happening in your Project/View. Can you post that RVT?     

[barthbradley]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Working on a job where structural beams will show up as double lines instead of single lines. 

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In the family you posted, there are 2 parallel dashed symbolic lines in plan view. They are visible in Medium and Fine views Plan Views only.  Is this what you are talking about? As far as a single line you mention,  your family's Symbolic Representation is set to From Project Settings, so that single line would be the in-built Stick Symbol that displays in Course view.  Nothing else is visible in Course View.