topic Re: Cut Fill Background Color Issues in Section in Modeling

Cut Fill Background Color Issues in Section

Anonymous — Thu, 25 May 2023 16:28:05 GMT

In the picture I'm pointing out some objects whose background color is white. I want those objects to be the same cut fill color as the composite w/fill.

The composite w/fill is colored that way because I used a solid colored fill as the skin pattern for that composite. I used a concrete fill for the poured wall and the slabs but I cannot get the background color to change in section. The cut color changes in plan view but not section.

Can someone please please please give me a clue how to change those object's background fill color. I've been going over this for three hours now and this has become a real issue for me.

Re: Cut Fill Background Color Issues in Section

Barry Kelly — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:10:35 GMT

You just need to change the cut surface settings for the walls and slabs.
In particular the background pen setting.
But if these walls and slabs are composites then you need to turn of the switch to "Apply Structre's Settings" first.
Barry.

Re: Cut Fill Background Color Issues in Section

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:42:12 GMT

Thanks for the answer. However if you look in my attached pic you'll see it's not affecting me. Even tho the settings show the background color change it's still not showing in section.

Any other ideas?

Re: Cut Fill Background Color Issues in Section

Barry Kelly — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:14:51 GMT

Is it anything to do with the renovation filters and their over-ride settings?
Barry.

Re: Cut Fill Background Color Issues in Section

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:06:56 GMT

I think I solved it.

I created an empty new template and copy-pasted everything over thinking it might be a corrupt project. When I did that, it revealed some sections had the Uniform Pen for Cut Elements option turned on but in the project copied from it shows the option not set and changing the option fails to affect any change. I was thinking it was some kind of universal option override by the way it behaved and this was it.

Anyways, I think it was the project because I had another issue recently that involved weirdness in the options. Last night I spent a ton of hours converting the new project over to my template so I'm at least hoping that's what it was.

Thanks for your help.