topic Re: Hidden lines in plan view appearing as solid , not dashe in Licensing

Hidden lines in plan view appearing as solid , not dashed

Anonymous — Thu, 25 May 2023 16:12:57 GMT

I am trying to draw a simple foundation plan composed of a concrete wall supporting a slab.
The wall is made up of 2 walls, the top one thinner than the bottom.
The slab sits against the edge of the wall.
My 2 problems are:
1) the lower inside wall edge should be dashed, instead of solid, as it is hidden.
2) the lower overlapping slap edge should be dashed instead of solid.
I have included the plan view of my first problem.
As I seem to be limited to 1 file upload shall create a 2nd posting for the slab problem whish is the same thing.
Thanks for any assistance, in what appears to be a very simple problem.

Hidden lines in plan view appearing as solid part 2

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:09:54 GMT

See Hidden lines in plan view for description of problem.
But attached file shows my problem.
This is my 2nd problem, very similar to the 1st.
Again any help would be appreciated.

Re: Hidden lines in plan view appearing as solid , not dashe

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:34:28 GMT

dmac

You can delete your other thread before someone responds to it (meaning you won't be able to delete it THEN) and post your second image / message using the "post reply" link to this one.

In response to your query, a slab will not automatically obscure another item which is below it unless you use a cover fill, and then it will cover it totally, not make the line dotted.

Re: Hidden lines in plan view appearing as solid , not dashe

TomWaltz — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:01:47 GMT

As s2art pointed out, there are a couple workarounds to make it happen, but Archicad doesn't do that on its own.

Re: Hidden lines in plan view appearing as solid , not dashe

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:14:05 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
As s2art pointed out, there are a couple workarounds to make it happen, but Archicad doesn't do that on its own.

In case you are interested one of the tricks Tom is referring to is to use a cover fill of diagonal white lines (with a very heavy pen) and no background color.

Re: Hidden lines in plan view appearing as solid , not dashe

Djordje — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:47:29 GMT

Topics merged, so all the info is here.

If you want to post more than one message on the same topic, do it by replying to the first one. Then there will be a thread.

Re: Hidden lines in plan view appearing as solid , not dashe

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:18:05 GMT

Thanks for all your help.
The solution of putting a cover fill on the top slab so it completely covers the underlying slab is fine.
But, from a purely drawing point of view, I think it is incorrect.
It's not showing what is really happening.
So is there any way to get the portion of slab that is underneath dashed, with the rest of it being solid?
I would also have thought that this should be the default option?
My only other option seems to be to to use a cover fill and draw an extra dashed line around that edge?

Re: Hidden lines in plan view appearing as solid , not dashe

Djordje — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:42:26 GMT

If your cover fill makes the outline of the slab below dashed, then all is well.

Yes, this should be the option ... maybe one for the wishlist?