drain tile cad

[djhplanning]

Does anyone have a method todraw a double, dashed cad line 4" apart to represent drain tile on the exterior of my foundation wall on foundation plans?  I don't want anything special to show up when in 3D.  The cad tools and line types are all 1 line only.

[rlackore]

Just draw two CAD lines, 4" apart.

 

If you're asking if Chief supports multi-line Line Styles, the answer is no.

[djhplanning]

Thanks for the response Robert.  I ended up creating an invisible wall with a dashed footing called drain tile.  I have it on the footing layer so it appears with my footings.  I have the wall specified as a foundation wall so the footing is actually my drain tile.  I have the footing sized 4" wide by 4" deep.  Even though it is square, it will serve the purpose.  Now I can just select this wall type and draw 1 time around the foundation and not hassle with drawing 2 separate lines and going back and changing all the spacings between the two to 4".

[Joe_Carrick]

Another option would be a 2" diameter cylinder (primitive solid) rotated 90 degrees to be flat and assigned a dashed line style.  It can actually be set at a z height of -36" and stretched to whatever length you need.

 

Yes, it's really 3D but you don't need to show it in 3D Views.

[Evolution]

Hey guys, just out of curiosity, could he also use a molding poly line (stupid huh?) maybe a closet rod profile? Just asking (but please don't make fun of me) :-) Joe I know you ask why would he (I guess I would ask that too)!

[Joe_Carrick]

13 minutes ago, Evolution said:

Hey guys, just out of curiosity, could he also use a molding poly line

That works and it can turn corners as well.  More than one way to skin a cat.

[Evolution]

12 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said:

That works and it can turn corners as well.  More than one way to skin a cat.

Shucks, I think I deserve a one-up for that Haha!

[Richard_Morrison]

On 9/25/2018 at 1:38 PM, Joe_Carrick said:

Another option would be a 2" diameter cylinder (primitive solid) rotated 90 degrees to be flat and assigned a dashed line style.

I think you mean 2" RADIUS. Many years ago, my boss was telling me about a stair railing he had designed as a young architect for an airport. He accidentally wrote 2" R, rather than 2" D, on the condocs.  Nobody caught it, and the contractor just went ahead and installed a 4" DIAMETER handrail, which looked silly, of course. When my boss went for a field inspection at the airport after the railing was installed, the contractor just grinned and said, "Nice rail, huh?" Not sure that exactly cemented the contractor/architect relationship, but the story made an impression on me thirty-some years ago. 

[Joe_Carrick]

1 hour ago, Richard_Morrison said:

I think you mean 2" RADIUS. Many years ago, my boss was telling me about a stair railing he had designed as a young architect for an airport. He accidentally wrote 2" R, rather than 2" D, on the condocs.  Nobody caught it, and the contractor just went ahead and installed a 4" DIAMETER handrail, which looked silly, of course. When my boss went for a field inspection at the airport after the railing was installed, the contractor just grinned and said, "Nice rail, huh?" Not sure that exactly cemented the contractor/architect relationship, but the story made an impression on me thirty-some years ago. 

Yep.  Actually a 2.25" Radius would match the overall outside diameter of a 4" drain pipe.