topic Re: Transparent walls in plan view? in Modeling

Transparent walls in plan view?

Kamelite — Wed, 24 May 2023 06:17:55 GMT

Is it some way to make transparent in plan view? Inside the red circle there is a window. But I can't see it because of the wall..... Is it some setting in MVO or something that can make it transparent, so I can see where the window is?

.Kamelite

Re: Transparent walls in plan view?

Lingwisyer — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 01:22:10 GMT

The default Site Graphic Overide has transparent walls? A few of the others do too.

Or if you are talking about an actual window in a second wall, not a trace, could you just change your display order?

[Select wall with window] => Context Menu => Display Order => Move to Front

Or if you are talking about a window in a wall below the cut plane, you could set a small segment of the wall containing the window, to display as cut.

Wall Settings => Floor Plan and Section => Floor Plan Display => Symbolic Cut

Ling.

Re: Transparent walls in plan view?

Barry Kelly — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 01:31:51 GMT

Or possibly the window is below your Floor Plan Cutting Plane?
Adjust the FPCP height, or set your walls and windows to 'Symbolic' rather than 'Projected with Overhead'.

Barry.

Re: Transparent walls in plan view?

DGSketcher — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:19:14 GMT

As Barry indicated ensure the windows are set to symbolic. In addition to checking the cut plane height you should also check the cut plane range to ensure the window is included in the range to get the symbolic display.

Re: Transparent walls in plan view?

Kamelite — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:47:55 GMT

I see now I didn't explain the case good enough: I have a DWG as a T'nR. As I draw a wall, it covers a part of the .DWG. The DWG describes a window in that wall, but because of the wall, the exact positioning of the window is hidden. Is it some way to make walls in general transparent through MVO or something?

.Kamelite

Re: Transparent walls in plan view?

DGSketcher — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:40:12 GMT

In the Trace reference settings you can have a trace reference on top and you can have transparent fills & zones.

Re: Transparent walls in plan view?

Lingwisyer — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 01:24:12 GMT

Going back to my original post, if you use Graphic Overrides, you are wanting the rule "All Cut Fills: Transparent, No Skin Separators".

Ling.

Re: Transparent walls in plan view?

David Maudlin — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:49:26 GMT

Similar issue discussed here: AUTOCAD TO ARCHICAD FOR TRACING EVERYTHING.

David

Re: Transparent walls in plan view?

Kamelite — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 16:29:27 GMT

DGSketcher wrote:
In the Trace reference settings you can have a trace reference on top and you can have transparent fills & zones.

This was the trick I needed! Thnx!

-Kamelite