line width or weight or thickness?

[RonnieG]

I thought I knew how to set my line sizes, but I've got something here I can't figure out. When I 3d my plans to place elevations on my layout, I get really thick black lines. See attached. Help would be appreciated.

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RonnieG

[RonnieG]

My guess it is, it has something to do with scaling. Any Ideas?

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RonnieG

[Allen42acj]

The What's new tutorials explain it I think..
Would have to watch it again to remember exactly....

[WendyWelton]

First - when you send to layout there are new options, circled in this jpeg.

If you check the two boxes shown unchecked here, it will behave just like Chief 10.

If you don't, it will take the lineweights and colors for:

• Normal lines from the layer the object is on. I make my walls & roofs about lineweight 25, my terrain about 35, and things with lines close together 7 or 10. Cornerboards are a special case. I make them match the pattern lines in materials and just beef up my outside corner lines with Edit Layout.

• Pattern lines from the material definition. I make mine a lineweight of about 10 and grey. You can also get a good look making them black and lineweight of 1. To edit them, go to the definition of the material, General Tab, Pattern Line Color on the left, Lineweight 2nd from bottom on the right.
  
  You can also leave only the Pattern Lines box checked and use the Edit Layout tool on those, as you used to. This lets you still get the benefit of the new system (some lineweight variation in the normal lines), but not have to stop and edit materials.

The next place to look is your Line Weight Scale. In the layout, Page Setup - Lower Left - circled on this image. Watch the diagram at the right as you change numbers. A higher number makes the lineweights thinner.

Remember that it affects the entire layout.

If you are getting the right look on plans, but lines that are too heavy on elevations, you need to reduce the lineweight assigned to layers in the layoutset assigned to elevations.

[RonnieG]

Thanks Wendy. Good reply. Helped a lot.

RonnieG

[WendyWelton]

You're welcome!

[Donald Freix]

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