To Control the Display of Hidden Lines by Material

Use this procedure to control whether hidden lines of a material should be displayed in a section or elevation.

You could do this, for example, if you want to display concrete walls and footings that are hidden by the ground and by other walls. Another frequent use could be to display structural members that are located behind walls.

Displaying hidden foundation walls

1. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStyle Manager.

   The Style Manager is displayed with the current drawing expanded in the tree view.

2. Expand Multi-Purpose Objects, and expand Material Definitions.
3. Select the material definition you want to change.
4. Click the Display Properties tab.
5. Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and select Style Override.

   The display representation in bold is the current display representation.

6. If necessary, click .
7. Click the Other tab.
8. Under 2D Section/Elevation Rules, select Display Hidden Edges for this Material.
9. Click OK.