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In this lesson you create a Line Pattern and apply it to the fascia of the roof in a sample project. Click the Menu Browser and select Open then in the left pane of the Open dialog box click Training Files and open Imperial, RAC MPS 01, Object Styles. Then, in the Project Browser under 3D Views double-click 3D, then, from the Manage tab, Project Settings Panel, Settings drop-down, select Line Patterns. In the Line Patterns dialog click New. In the Line Pattern Property dialog for Name enter Roof Line, then enter the type's M values like so: an eighth-inch -followed by a quarter-inch space followed by a Dot followed by a quarter-inch space followed by a quarter-inch -followed by a quarter-inch space. Then, click OK twice. Next, on the View Control Bar, click the Model Graphics Style button and select Hidden Line. Now, on the Project Settings Panel click the Settings drop-down and select Object Styles. In the Object Styles dialog under Category select Roofs. Then for Line Color select Red. Click OK, and for Line Pattern select Roof Line, then click OK. The Line Style is applied to the Roof in the View. In the Project Browser under 3D Views double-click: to Building. Notice that the Line Color displays in this View but not the Line Pattern. Object Styles for the project can be modified. For example, Projection and Cut Line Weight Values can be modified to match office standards. The Line Pattern is most appropriate in Plan Views. The pattern is not applied in a Perspective or a Camera View where you expect to see a solid line. Plans, Sections, Elevations, and Orthogonal 3D Views show line color and pattern. In the Project Browser under Floor Plans double-click 03 Roof. From the Manage tab, Project Settings Panel, Settings drop-down, select Object Styles. In the Object Styles dialog on the Model Objects tab under Category select Roofs. For Line Color select Black and for Line Pattern select Solid. Click OK. Click the View tab and on the Graphics Panel select Visibility-Graphics, then on the Model Categories tab for Visibility select Roofs. Then for Projection or Surface Lines select the Override button. This setting overrides the appearance of the roof only in the current View. In the Line Graphics dialog for Weight select 5, for Color select Blue, for Pattern select Roof Line, then click OK twice. Notice that only the appearance of the Projection Line of the roof is changed. You did not specify a graphic override for the Cut Lines so they remain unchanged. Save this file as Object Styles Progress, as this concludes this lesson.