Controlling The Display Of Hidden Lines By Material; Merging Material Definitions In A 2D Section/Elevation - Autodesk 24108-051400-9000 - AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2008 User Manual

8 Select Exclude from 2D Section Shrinkwrap.
9 Click OK.

Controlling the Display of Hidden Lines by Material

Use this procedure to control whether hidden lines of a material should be displayed in a section or elevation.
You could do this, for example, if you want to display concrete walls and footings that are hidden by the ground and
by other walls. Another frequent use could be to display structural members that are located behind walls.
Displaying hidden foundation walls
1 On the Format menu, click Style Manager.
The Style Manager is displayed with the current drawing expanded in the tree view.
2 Expand Multi-Purpose Objects, and expand Material Definitions.
3 Select the material definition 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.
The display representation in bold is the current display representation.
6 If necessary, click
7 Click the Other tab.
8 Under 2D Section/Elevation Rules, select Display Hidden Edges for this Material.
9 Click OK.

Merging Material Definitions in a 2D Section/Elevation

Use this procedure to merge material definitions when creating a 2D section/elevation.
Sometimes a single object in real-life is modeled with different objects in AutoCAD Architecture. An example is concrete
foundations, which are modeled from slabs and walls. These objects should appear as one foundation object in sections
and elevations. The new option to merge common material definitions facilitates this result. When a 2D section/elevation
is created, all objects of that material definition are combined into a single object. Edges between coplanar faces are
removed.
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