Line Categories

Use the Properties Panel of Line Settings to assign line categories.

Use line categories to fine-tune Graphic Overrides and export settings for lines depending on their category.


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The three line categories: Drafting, Cut, and Skin Separator.

By default:

  • All contour lines are “Cut lines”
  • All skin separator lines (of composite structures) are “Skin Separators”
  • All other lines are “Drafting”

Line categories can be useful

  • If you have exploded a composite wall into its constituent lines and fills
  • If you draw lines by hand into a 2D window or Section-type window

Assign categories to these lines according to their function in the plan. This way, even hand-drawn lines can be considered Cut lines or Skin Separator lines.

Assigning line categories can also be useful if you save your file in DXF/DWG format: The DXF/DWG Translation Setup dialog box allows you to define a separate Custom Layer onto which Skin Separator lines can be exported.

See Custom Layers.