style lock for view drainage as solids

Are all of the style setting correct in the Drainage database?

I have seen very few structure definition files with all of the drainage structures defined with styles. It is possible to add styles once in the database, but far less work having them already defined when you select the structure.

And I have had some issues with displays - but I believe you need plan, profile and cross section symbology defined, or default. I've seen some where they defined plan only.

I assume they are correct. Like I said, I used the exact same style to display them when the style lock was off and they displayed fine, but with the lock on, they don't show up at all. I want the style lock on though because some of my structures are round and some are rectangular and therefore, will be different styles. Each of these styles have the default symbology defined. These styles have also been set up prior to this project and I am not using any newly defined styles.

If style lock is off, it uses the symbology of the dialog box settings to display. If it is on, it uses the styles saved in the drainage database. These can be reviewed in the review edit drainage structures - I do not recall which tab.

If these are not assigned properly, you will get strange results. Look at the settings as you walk up and down the structures. You will probably find that those that display have something defined different from those that do not.

I have been working at modifying a client structure definition file to include some generic existing structures with dashed line symbologies and also assigning symbologies for proposed. It has been a while. Here are some lines pasted from it:

;(dia) x Thickness - in x in)

;                            Center Feature Style               Inside Feature Style               Outside Feature Style  

RCP, Class IV, B

  12.00 x  2.0000     PipeProp_12"                    DR_pipeProp_Walls               DR_pipeProp_Walls            

  15.00 x  2.2500     PipeProp_15"                    DR_pipeProp_Walls               DR_pipeProp_Walls            

EX. RCP

  12.00 x  2.0000     PINVA                           TO_Ex-SD-Pipe-Wall              None                          

  15.00 x  2.2500     PINVB                           TO_Ex-SD-Pipe-Wall              None                          

  18.00 x  2.5000     PINVC                           TO_Ex-SD-Pipe-Wall              None                          

  21.00 x  2.7500     PINVD                           TO_Ex-SD-Pipe-Wall              None                          

Circular ; (manholes)

 Standard

;   Max pipe size   Diam x Thickness  Point Feature Style       Inside Feature Style            Outside Feature Style

;     (in)            (ft x in)

;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    24.00        4.00 x 5.0000                 DR_structProp_Walls    DR_structProp_Walls             None                          

    36.00        5.00 x 6.0000                 DR_structProp_Walls    DR_structProp_Walls             None                          

    48.00        6.00 x 7.0000                 DR_structProp_Walls    DR_structProp_Walls             None                          

 Existing ; (manholes)

;   Max pipe size   Diam x Thickness    Point Feature Style   Inside Feature Style            Outside Feature Style

;     (in)            (ft x in)

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    33.00              3.75 x 8.0                 TO_Ex-DrStruct-Wall     TO_Ex-DrStruct-Wall     TO_Ex-DrStruct-Wall            

 EX. MH

;   Max pipe size   Diam x Thickness    Point Feature Style   Inside Feature Style      Outside Feature Style

;     (in)            (ft x in)

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    39.00               4.00 x 8.0                TO_Ex-DrStruct-Wall     TO_Ex-DrStruct-Wall      None                          

Some of these draw simple lines. These can draw pipe or structure edges in plan, profile or section. Some draw wide lines using a custom line style - these are for pipes and culverts in plan view only..

Style None is set to display nothing in plan, profile or section. This keeps a stray default from displaying anything. It actually uses the symbology of Default, but since the surface settings are all off, it works to draw nothing.

These are Styles that must point to named symbologies. In the dialog boxes, I am not sure if they call them styles or symbologies - they are feature styles however.

The structure definition file I started with did not have all of these columns. Once you assign some styles, the columns change. But then you can bulk edit them in an editor, if you are careful. I generally assigned styles to one of each structure and then, in the editor, I copied and pasted that symbology to the others.

I am having a similar problem with viewing 3D solids from a storm and sanitary database.  It works if style lock is off and the Attach Tags box is unchecked. However, the software crashes if "Attach Tags" or style lock is on.  The attach tags is more important since this is a 3D electronic delivery, but having the styles would save us a lot of manual CADD work.  We have and are scouring the database, structure file, and xin file to see if there is something wrong as caddcop suggested.  We have also tried viewing 3D solids with certain sections (Left Half and Right Half) of the  database deleted and changing all the feature styles to one style.  No luck yet, so please let me know if you have any ideas to try or if you were able to solve a similar issue.  Thanks!