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CHAPTER 1 InsIde RevIt stRuctuRe
Object Styles
One of the most important of these dialog boxes is the Object Styes dialog box. In the Object
Styles dialog box, you assign and control the following:
Line weights (both projection and cut)
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Line colors •◆
Line patterns•◆
Material styles•◆
This dialog box controls the display of all categories and subcategories of elements in the
project model. You organize and modify these styles using the Object Styles dialog box (see
Figure 1.23), which you access by clicking Settings  Object Styles or via the Visibility/Graphic
Overrides dialog box. There you can access and edit the various display parameters, such as cut
line and projected line weights.
Material Styles
The Materials dialog box allows you to configure and control all the material assignments for
elements in your model. For instance, what grade of steel do you want your columns to be and
in what color do you want it displayed in a 3D view?
Open the Materials dialog box (see Figure 1.24) by choosing Settings  Materials from the
menu bar. This dialog box lists all of the materials currently available in the project:
The Graphics tab defines the appearance of the material in all nonrendered views.
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The Render Appearance tab, as the name suggests, contains settings that define how the •◆
materials will appear when rendered.
Figure 1.23
Object Styles
dialog box
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