If we use ISO standard line weights, and interpolate some more to it (AutoCAD print plot style compatibilty reasons), recommended (Engipedia Revit Standard) Model Line Weights settings in Revit will look as follows: There is no longer change in line weights from 1:100 to 1:10 scales since there is no real benefit in it. (edited ): system was revised based on latest practice. To conclude: Don’t use it, change it! Engipedia Revit Standard Line WeightsĮxample: If we use pen settings from the table below, we can see that Pen 13 has line weight of 0,350mm in the 1:100 scale, but, in the bigger scale, for instance: 1:500, the same pen (Pen 13) will be only 0,250mm wide. This can make a good challenge: use Autodesk Revit default line weights and draw a detail in 1:10 scale with 0.100mm wide lines. The other thing is, default table uses Pens 1 and 2, which are reserved (read below for more info) and wastes Pens 6 to 16 in scale on 1:10 on nothing. Logic is simple, if you need wider line, you can always do it with several lines or solid fill hatch, but when you need something thin, there is no way to get it.Īlso, many Revit professionals suggest that you do not change your line weights between scales. Revit print to scale professional#Autodesk Revit Default Line Weightsīefore continuing, let me share my opinion about Revit default Line Weights.Īs you can see on the table, it goes up to 9mm.ĩmm?! Have you ever in your professional life stop and thought: “hm, this should be at least 9mm wide line, it would make nice technical drawing”? This is very practical because it ensures that our views will look great on each scale. Ok, at least we hope it will. If there is a scale in the view which have no line weights defined for that scale, a line weights for the closest scale will be used. In the column header we can see the scale on which line weights from that column will be used. These line weights are applied to all of the views dependant on the scale (3D, Floor Plans, Ceiling Plans, Structural Plans, Elevations, Detail Views, Sections). The biggest table on the dialog defines line weights for the model elements. It is not possible to add additional pens (or to remove existing pens). On each of the tabs, we can see a table of 16 rows with successive numbers 1 to 16. We can adjust Revit line weight if we first go to the Manage tab on the ribbon, then, under Additional Settings, we choose Line Weights:ĭialog opens, and it has three tabs: Model Line Weights, Perspective Line Weights and Annotation Line Weights. Revit will not print in Thin Lines, but in the “real” line weight of each line. Just to be precise, Revit has the, so called, Thin Lines view style, which displays pure vector drawings (without line weights). Revit works as WYSIWYG ( What You See Is What You Get), so, if we take a look at some Revit view, what we see is what will be printed. In AutoCAD, we usually choose Plot Style when we print our model (among other ways, of course). Difference between Revit and AutoCAD is that in Revit we have all of the print styles adjusted upfront. In Revit, line weight must be adjusted in project (or template) file. However, in Revit, we often use all of these and few more levels of line weights. In that way we can extrapolate all of the standardized line weights. Line weights according to ISO are dependant on 1mm multiplied by square root of 2 (or divided by square root of 2).įor example: 1/sqrt(2) = 0,70 or 0,13 * sqrt(2) = 0,18 etc. ISO/DIN lineweight color coding system for CAD Now, let’s talk some more on the Revit Line Weights.Īccording to ISO/DIN Standard, basic (standard) line weights are drawing lines, and lines (edges) of Revit’s objects (edges and other lines in Revit family instances), which we can see in plan views, sections and Revit other views.Ĭolor of the line is self explanatory. When we talk about “lines”, we mean Revit lines in general: e.g. In general, Revit lines are made out of three elements (parameters):
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