Autodesk 24108-051400-9000 - AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2008 User Manual page 1472

1 Open a tool palette that has a structural member tool.
2 Right-click a structural member tool, and click Structural Member Styles.
3 Select the structural member style that you want to change.
4 Click the Display Properties tab.
5 Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and select Style Override.
6 If necessary, click
7 Click the Layer/Color/Linetype tab.
8 Select the component to change, and select a different setting for the property.
9 Click OK twice.
Specifying the Hatching for Components of a Structural Member Style
Use this procedure to specify the hatching of the components of a structural member style. Structural member hatching
is displayed only in display representations, such as Plan, that are used in the Top view (plan view) of a drawing.
1 Open a tool palette that has a structural member tool.
2 Right-click a structural member tool, and click Structural Member Styles.
3 Select the structural member style that you want to change.
4 Click the Display Properties tab.
5 Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and select Style Override.
6 If necessary, click
7 Click the Hatching tab.
8 Select a component, and click the setting for Pattern.
9 Select the hatching for the component:
If you want to
select a hatching pattern that is available in the software
select a custom pattern
select single hatching
select double hatching
select solid fill
10 Click OK.
11 Click Scale/Spacing, and enter a value that determines how the selected pattern is repeated.
12 Click Angle, and enter the angle for the selected pattern.
13 Click Orientation, and specify how the hatching is oriented:
If you want to
orient the hatching to the object, regardless of the object
rotation
orient the hatching to the World Coordinate System
14 Click OK twice.
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Then
select Predefined for Type, and then select a pattern.
select Custom for Type, and then enter the name of the
custom pattern. If necessary, click Browse, and navigate to
the folder where the custom pattern file is located.
select User-defined for Type, and clear Double Hatch.
select User-defined for Type, and select Double Hatch.
select Solid Fill for Type.
Then
select Object.
select Global.