Dynamo script – Change line style Change line style is a Dynamo script that allows you to switch one or many specific line styles in the active view or the whole model. You will also be able to select just the detail curves, the model curves or both.
Pick a couple of line types and replace them with another one. This should help maintain a clean list of line types.
In order to download script, follow the download link above. Then right-click on “BIM1_ChangeLineStyle.dyn” – “Save link as…”.
Workflow:
- Select if you want it to happen in the active view or the whole document.
- Select either Detail lines, Model lines or both.
- Pick the line styles that need replacing.
- Finally the line style you want applied.
It will report how many lines were changed.
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Change line style – the full script. ©BIM One