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Version 13 shedule material colours

Barry Kelly — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:36:07 GMT

Does anyone know how to turn of the material colours in the interactive schedules for version 13?
This was never a problem before.
Barry.

Re: Version 13 shedule material colours

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:58:57 GMT

Barry

Apparently it can't be done!
David Shorter from GS Tech Support Aus confirmed it on Friday!

Not cool at all!!

Re: Version 13 shedule material colours

Karl Ottenstein — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:34:51 GMT

Use a Model View Option (MVO) associated with your view for the schedule to determine if it appears shaded or as linework only. See attached screenshot to turn the fills off.

Cheers,
Karl

Re: Version 13 shedule material colours

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:50:12 GMT

I gladly stand corrected on that one!

Thanks Karl!

Re: Version 13 shedule material colours

Barry Kelly — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:07:41 GMT

Thanks Karl.
I never would have got that one.
Barry.

Re: Version 13 shedule material colours

Karl Ottenstein — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:49:52 GMT

Glad to have helped. To be honest, at least 3 beta testers reported the behavior you saw as a bug, but were then told of this Model View Option. One person noted at the time that no mention of this behavior was in the reference guide or help. So, pass the word. 😉

Cheers,
Karl

Re: Version 13 shedule material colours

Barry Kelly — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:11:34 GMT

Karl wrote:
Glad to have helped. To be honest, at least 3 beta testers reported the behavior you saw as a bug, but were then told of this Model View Option. One person noted at the time that no mention of this behavior was in the reference guide or help. So, pass the word. 😉

Cheers,
Karl

I'd say bug.
What has the elevation view of an object got to do with the cut fills in Model View Options?
The 3D shaded view / hidden / wire frame option would be a more obvious switch I would think?

Barry.

Re: Version 13 shedule material colours

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:59:03 GMT

I am just theorizing here but maybe the reason they put it in the MVO Dialog is because it gives greater control.
For example, if you choose the Solid Foreground radio button in the MVO Dialog, Door frames and sashes are shaded but not the glass.
If you select the No Fill radio button, nothing is shaded.

Re: Version 13 shedule material colours

Barry Kelly — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:03:55 GMT

It is a great idea but GS should have created a new MVO setting for it.
Cut fills control isn't very logical.
Barry.

Re: Version 13 shedule material colours

Laszlo Nagy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:03:51 GMT

I agree with that.

Re: Version 13 shedule material colours

Mats_Knutsson — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:20:36 GMT

Local reseller should maybe create a simple clean Schedule MVO with the next hotfix (it's a one minute job to do it for yourself but I don't believe in doing it yourself...). I also had to think twice before getting it was in the MVO settings. It's however pretty logical when you think of it.

Btw I'm very happy with the annotation. Adding the possibility to annotate manually to the automatic annotation is very smart from the GS people! There is no standard in how an annotated schedule should look like in Sweden but I think we can come closer to a de facto standard with AC13.

I'm tempted to sit down with pen and paper and redraw the whole MVO settings window. It's very powerful but not very obvious....hmmm...

/M