The cut line styles and override host layers was the answer.
Revit hide roof lines.
I just need to go around the rest of the perimeter and apply the overhead line style.
The roof is linked in via an architectural model but i believe the architect modeled it with the modify sub elements tool.
Revit wall floor and roof object style common.
When i just build a roof in a blank file and turn off the interior edges none of the valley or ridge lines turn off.
Select the linework tool in the view panel on the home ribbon.
With this line style selected all i need to do is click on each line that i want to apply this style to which is all the lines that make up the perimeter of the roof boundary.
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I always wanted to hide the non structural layers of a wall assembly in my structural views without splitting up the wall assemblies.
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Related to the polygon offset prozess in revit intended to make sure that surfaces hide structural elements behind them correctly.
Open the plan view of the level in which you want to see the roof line.
I am working in revit mep 2013.
I do architectural and structural coordination within the same revit file.
The above described issue is most likely to happen when one of the covering objects is too thin so that polygon offset is actually offsetting the lines beyond the faces.
Revit hiding wall line.
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In the image below you can see the lines that i ve changed on the left.
Last night someone taught me how to hide external layers of a wall as well.
This makes the roof line visible in the plan view but the lines appear as solid lines.