topic Re: Custom Symbol fill in Modeling

Custom Symbol fill

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 04:48:23 GMT

I tried making a custom symbol fill as instructed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCsR3c2Em5E

It worked fine on a different file, however only the hotspots are showing up on this new file. Any idea what I am doing wrong??

Re: Custom Symbol fill

Link — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 16:22:38 GMT

Looks like it may be a scale issue. Are they hotspots or are they really tiny fills? I'd check the scale of the window you created them in. Try making it 1:1 and recreate your fill.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Custom Symbol fill

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 17:54:56 GMT

That's where I am confused. I started on a view map with scale 1/4"=1'. Drew a 1'x1' box, used polylines to create the symbol fill, added the hotspots, exploded it, copied, and pasted it into the new fill types/symbol fill window. An still all that is showing are the the hotspots rather than the polylines. after i pasted it in for the 5th time or so i played with the preview zoom- no change. Not sure whats going on with it.

Re: Custom Symbol fill

Link — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 18:39:45 GMT

Try changing the scale from quarter inch ( 1:48 ) to 1:1 and recreate your fill.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Custom Symbol fill

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 19:10:13 GMT

tried it… still isn't working. I have no idea what's going on now

Re: Custom Symbol fill

Link — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 19:36:49 GMT

Did you recreate the fill from scratch in the 1:1 window?

I wonder if you have copied anything extra or if the extents of your curves are affecting what is copy/pasted.

If you select them, then hit zoom to selection, does ArchiCAD zoom right up to your selection only?

Sorry, it's Christmas Day and I don't have ArchiCAD in front of me.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Custom Symbol fill

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 22:39:54 GMT

Thanks for helping... still not sure whats going on. i even tried a smaller module... no good.

Re: Custom Symbol fill

pbg — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 02:01:26 GMT

Howdy,

I made a super basic fill (two lines, 4 hot spots for the corners of the boundary). Drew it @ full scale, copied it, and created a new symbol fill. Paste everything in, lines and hotspots appear fine. However, when I use the fill, the hotspots are visible in the fill when printed... Any ideas as to why this is happening? What am I missing?

Thanks so much!

Re: Custom Symbol fill

Barry Kelly — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 02:17:22 GMT

Maybe try without the hotspots.

Just use 3 lines in the fill.

It will create the same pattern.

In fact the fill will start with a full batten rather than half a batten.

Barry.

Re: Custom Symbol fill

pbg — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 02:25:54 GMT

Rock on Barry!!! Thank you!

Yes, that will certainly work for this application. Any ideas as to why the hotspots are showing up though? Hotspots don't show up (printed) in my published drawings or elsewhere on my documents, only when I am making custom fills (as far as I know)...

Thanks again, that's amazing!

Re: Custom Symbol fill

Barry Kelly — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 02:32:51 GMT

@pbg wrote:

Any ideas as to why the hotspots are showing up though?

I don't know.

There was a post just a couple of weeks ago that brought this problem up as well.

The interesting thing is if you make a symbolic line type and use hotspots, they don't show and just act as a spacer.

Barry.

Re: Custom Symbol fill

pbg — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 03:18:02 GMT

Interesting, I will have to track that post down...

I just made a custom line out of the pattern I posted above (4 hot spots, 2 lines), and the hotspots show up there as dots... Maybe I am missing something?

Regardless, thank you so much!

Re: Custom Symbol fill

Barry Kelly — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 03:32:30 GMT

Here is the post ...

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Design-forum/Hotspots-visible-in-symbol-fill/m-p/340801

I might be mistaken about the hotspots in the lines.

I just looked at one for "Ridge Tile (side)" and that shows the hotspots in plan.

I could have sworn I had used hotspots in the past and not seen them.

Barry.

Re: Custom Symbol fill

pbg — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:25:36 GMT

Thanks for the link - must of missed that one when I started my search. I will check it out now.

You rock! Thank you so much. Truly appreciated.