https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/How-can-I-clean-this-up/m-p/48845#M24857 December's cryptic message of the weekend award goes to.....<BR /> <BR /> A reminder to beginning Archicad "drafters:"<BR /> <BR /> You'll have better success thinking of your drawn details as objects in themselves rather than as a "bunch of lines" like in the old days.<BR /> <BR /> Sujey probably assembled a bunch od messy lines and wanted to clean them up. This is a tiime-consuming and innacurate method of working.<BR /> <BR /> Thinking of drawing elements as closed polygons or clear fills with outlines makes them easier to manage because the corners stay connected.<BR /> Once everything has a thickness, you can use various fill colors to denote touching building elements. Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:05:33 GMT Dwight 2006-12-11T16:05:33Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/How-can-I-clean-this-up/m-p/48843#M24855 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>I am having trouble cleaning these details up on plan. Any tips will be much appreciated!<BR /> <BR /> Thanks!</T></DIV> Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:24:50 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/How-can-I-clean-this-up/m-p/48843#M24855 Anonymous 2006-12-11T15:24:50Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/How-can-I-clean-this-up/m-p/48844#M24856 ok I've managed to clean it up using the the polygonal geometry method, all clean now! Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:40:55 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/How-can-I-clean-this-up/m-p/48844#M24856 Anonymous 2006-12-11T15:40:55Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/How-can-I-clean-this-up/m-p/48845#M24857 December's cryptic message of the weekend award goes to.....<BR /> <BR /> A reminder to beginning Archicad "drafters:"<BR /> <BR /> You'll have better success thinking of your drawn details as objects in themselves rather than as a "bunch of lines" like in the old days.<BR /> <BR /> Sujey probably assembled a bunch od messy lines and wanted to clean them up. This is a tiime-consuming and innacurate method of working.<BR /> <BR /> Thinking of drawing elements as closed polygons or clear fills with outlines makes them easier to manage because the corners stay connected.<BR /> Once everything has a thickness, you can use various fill colors to denote touching building elements. Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:05:33 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/How-can-I-clean-this-up/m-p/48845#M24857 Dwight 2006-12-11T16:05:33Z