topic Archicad & Plotmaker: What you see is NOT what you get! in Modeling

Archicad & Plotmaker: What you see is NOT what you get!

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:05:09 GMT

I've noticed that fills that are set to be transparent in Archicad, come in to Plotmaker opaque. THIS STINKS!

For instance, the masonry copy fill shown here in Archicad, looks the way I want it to look.

Then in Plotmaker, it looks like this, the transparent pen is anything but.

Is there some buried setting in plotmaker that I need to switch?
Is this a problem with this particular archicad fill pattern?

Don't tell me to play the "display order" game as a work-a-round(WAR). The software should do what it says. Transparent should be transparent in both programs.

Thanks.

-Nathan

Re: Archicad & Plotmaker: What you see is NOT what you g

Link — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:10:40 GMT

Easy there mate - have you checked your PlotMaker Display Options?

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Archicad & Plotmaker: What you see is NOT what you g

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:34:32 GMT

Aye, and i feel quite the fool having done that after me post. think i'll crawl away now.

No point in asking why the default display option for fill background color is "drawing background" rather than by "elements' settings" in PM, is there.

nathan, very small

Re: Archicad & Plotmaker: What you see is NOT what you g

Link — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 21:22:33 GMT

No point in asking why the default display option for fill background color is "drawing background" rather than by "elements' settings" in PM, is there.

I hate to tell you this mate, but............................... is isn't!

Try a New & Reset, that's how GS delivers it - anything else has been changed by someone (else?).

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Archicad & Plotmaker: What you see is NOT what you g

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:41:25 GMT

lol...nathan take a look at this, will comment later..would like to compare Mac to Windows on this issue

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=7852