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Using the Linework tool and depth cueing

Using the Linework tool and depth cueing - Revit Tutorial

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Using the Linework tool and depth cueing

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- [Instructor] In this video, I want to share with you a couple tools that you can use to kind of fine tune the graphics in a view. The first is going to be the line work tool, and then we're going to look at the depth queuing tool. So for the line work tool, I'm going to work here in this reception area. And the first example I want to show you is how to make something overhead appear as a dash line. So you may recall, if we look at another floor plan here, that up on level two, we've got this balcony here looking down into the reception space. Now what I'd like to do is take the edge of that balcony and show it as a dash line overhead. Now, one option would be to just use detail lines like you see right here. So I could just draw the lines in as a dash line directly on the floor plan. That would work, but those lines wouldn't be connected to the model in any way. And so if things change in the model, you might end up with those detail lines being left behind and having to redo them.…

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