topic Re: Weak Material over Strong Materials in Modeling

Weak Material over Strong Materials

Eric Milberger — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 14:12:39 GMT

This is something that was working and then stopped - so maybe a setting that was changed while trying to fix something else.

I have footings, earth and grass in the same section.

The materials GRASS and EARTH are set to "0 Priority"

Structural Concrete is set to 999 Priority.

The Grass and Earth are showing OVER the Structural Concrete.

Help is appreciated.

Re: Weak Material over Strong Materials

DGSketcher — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 14:56:09 GMT

@Eric Milberger Just select the grass & earth in the section and use Display Order to send them to the back. Not sure why they seem to creep forward but D.O. is a quick & easy fix.

Re: Weak Material over Strong Materials

Brian Spears — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:44:34 GMT

Are the grass and earth Building Materials used in a Mesh? Meshes, for whatever reason, don't behave like all other Tools when it comes to Building Material Priority Based Connections. I find I always need to SEO them if I don't want to keep trying to manage Display Order in numerous views.

Re: Weak Material over Strong Materials

Eric Milberger — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 19:25:55 GMT

no mesh - and I forgot about order - but that still negates the priority.

Order works for when things get moved gets lost again.

Re: Weak Material over Strong Materials

Eric Milberger — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 19:26:22 GMT

No they are not meshes. In this case just slabs

Re: Weak Material over Strong Materials

SenecaDesignLLC — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 20:47:36 GMT

Did a layer priority get changed?

Re: Weak Material over Strong Materials

Eric Milberger — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 21:58:10 GMT

no - looked good one night then opened in the morning with the issue.