Creating 3D Line Styles

Hi Jerry

I've managed to create a few 3D linestyles following the workflow created for the 3D guardrail linestyles, but I'm running into an issue with my latest experiment for parapets and end blocks.

When placed, the 3D line style seems to forget that its point component cells are 3D solids. All solids are Smart Solids, not parametric.
In the image below, the components used to create the point cells are shown on the left and the final line style tested is shown on the right.

At first I thought that allow the elements to be partial was the issue, so I disabled all partial elements, but that doesn't fix the issue.

Any ideas?

Warren

Hi

I am not following you entirely as to what the problem is. Are you expecting the line style to create a clipped version of your 3d geometry if there isnt a complete repetition.

Regards

Paul

Hi

I am not following you entirely as to what the problem is. Are you expecting the line style to create a clipped version of your 3d geometry if there isnt a complete repetition.

Regards

Paul

Hi Paul
I'd like to accomplish several things:

1) Create a 3D linestyle that repeats a 3D smart solid of a bridge parapet unit for our national roads authority

2) Include a start and end 'end block' unit at either end of the line style

3) Allow for, if possible, a clipped/ partial parapet unit based on the actual length of the bridge

Currently I have accomplished all three of these using the workflow outlined for the 3D guardrail linestyle, except that the smart solids are coming in only as a wireframe of the solid and not actual solids.

To the left hand side of the figure in my post is how the 3D linestyle is supposed to look (those are the 3D smart solids I used to create the 3D linestyle), but on the right is how it comes out when I use my custom linestyle.

I thought that the problem might be because of the partial clipping of the parapet units, so I removed that functionality from the linestyle, but it did not fix the issue.

I'd appreciate any guidance on what I may be doing wrong.

Kind Regards

Could you share the linestyle definition and a sample file where  they are being placed as wireframe, if so please use link below:

https://bentley.sharefile.com/r-r026f4a2b048344ac8f58b295dc08a782

When placed as a linestyle solids arent placed but rather a converted mesh representation perhaps a view attribute is displaying the mesh as wireframe.

Hi David
I've uploaded the creation dgn (with the original creation elements and a segment of line drawn with the line style) and the rsc file.