Block Line Weights "Locked"

[rwaldrondesigns]

I have run into this issue many times and have just found ways to work around it, but I'm curious to see if there's a faster/simpler way to do this. I often want to put everything in a room on a lighter line weight and others on a heavier for emphasis. But, many (most?) blocks from the library won't allow this. In the past, I'd explode them and then change the line weight which, of course, creates several extra lines we don't want. 

 

Tell me there's a better way that I'm missing!

[DBCooper]

Are you talking about cad blocks or something else?  Cad blocks have a setting for either "by block" or "by object" and depending on how it is set will affect your line weights.  When it is set to "by block" then you can change the line weight for whatever layer the block is on and all objects should be affected.  If it is set to "by object" then each object will use it's own settings so changing the block layer won't affect them.

 

[rwaldrondesigns]

9 hours ago, DBCooper said:

Are you talking about cad blocks or something else?  Cad blocks have a setting for either "by block" or "by object" and depending on how it is set will affect your line weights.  When it is set to "by block" then you can change the line weight for whatever layer the block is on and all objects should be affected.  If it is set to "by object" then each object will use it's own settings so changing the block layer won't affect them.

 

 

I am referring to the objects from the library (fixtures, furnishings, etc)

[Chrisb222]

3 hours ago, rwaldrondesigns said:

I am referring to the objects from the library (fixtures, furnishings, etc)

 

You should be able to control that by simply assigning to layers, eg:

Washer on "Layer X" color gray, line 10, Dryer on "Layer Y" color black, line 30