Hi
I've placed a steel deck in my design file. When I create a section callout it's great that I can see all the highs and lows. But in a plan callout there's lines everywhere, and I would like to display only the boundary of the deck. Is that possible, and how do I do it?
Regards, Robert
Hi Robert,
Can you send a screenshot of the lines you are getting which is causing you problems?
All red lines in the plan callouts are the ones I'm talking about. It's caused by the steel deck marked in the section callout.
We don't currently have the ability to use structural rules to re-symbolise decks in this way.
Please can you file a Service Request asking for this, we will create an enhancement request at our end.
It may be possible to use CONNECT Edition Display Rules to apply modified symbology to the deck.
Marc
I filed Enhancement 995558.
As an interim workaround you could:
- Cache the view, then using the right-click > Copy/Hide Cached Element command to copy the deck geometry into the drawing model.
- Delete all of the interior lines, leaving only the outer boundary
- Create a Display Rule (as Marc mentioned) for your active Display Style that hides the deck using the criteria Element > Steel Deck > Is Steel Deck
- Once hidden, only the copied elements from the cached view should display, regardless of whether you're in Dynamic or Cached mode.
I think this should work for your case.