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barcardi

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 Ok so i have this floor over a concrete slab.  It is a different floor because there are various types of carpet, tile, and other materials on the slab.  But now i am trying to draw the ADA lines on one tile floor.  These lines disappear below onto the slab, where the floor itself is located. Is there any way to raise those lines about an inch or so in order to make them visible to the floor plan view?

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I agree with using detail lines, however if the lines need to show up on different plans (ie floor plan, enlarged floor plan, etc) and you still want to use model lines, do the following:

1.  Create a new reference plane at the level of the top of the tile.  Be sure to name it (ie "top of finish floor"

2.  Select the lines, click edit work plane from the options bar and then select the reference plane you just created from the drop down list and say OK.

I believe the issue is that you are drawing the lines at the top of the slab, but then drawing tile over that which is hiding the lines. 

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LIZARD... I disagree...

If you want the lines in more than one view then just copy clip / past current view in the other views where they are required.

If they are ADA lines, you might consider doing them as an annotation family.  Much easier to place...except if its just the circle.  

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to-may-to, to-mah-to.

I prefer using detail lines that are grouped, myself, otherwise everytime the client wants to revise his layout, I need to change the detail lines in several different views.  My layouts include all the required clearances, including the turnign radius.  Having identical detail lines on several different drawings just screams of possible innacuracies;  which is, in my view the benefit of Revit; I don't have to worry about those innacuracies.

That being said, if you note, I did say I agree with you, but if barcardi wants to do it with model lines, he is entitled to do it his way and his question was how to do it, not what the best way to draw ADA lines is.  I felt my explanation did, however answer both of those questions.

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I am just a real stickler for keeping things straight.  ADA clearances and other annotation elements are 2D - therefore they stay 2D.  If the question was about adding patterns or showing divisions between finishes on the floor, then I might use model lines or split face.

As far as grouping goes... I agree, that would work just as well as a detail family (and I am correcting my previous post - it should have been a detail-not annotation family since it has to scale) but I would group them as 2D lines and place copy/paste into the correct views.

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