topic Re: vector fills in elevation in Modeling

vector fills in elevation

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:25:46 GMT

I'm still new to AC, and this is probably an easy one.

I want to show tile pattern hatching in a few of my interior elevations (see attached). I did this in exterior elevations by assigning a material with a vector hatch to the model. It doesn't work in my interior elevations, however. I checked everything in view settings, and they seem to match. What am I missing?

Also, is there a better way to do this, in general?

Re: vector fills in elevation

Srinivas — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:56:36 GMT

Make sure, in your interior elevation settings, vectorial hatching is turned on.

Re: vector fills in elevation

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:32:34 GMT

I created a Wall Favorite that is 3/4" thick (you could even create a Composite wall with the Wonderboad and the Thinset and the tile). Set the Height of the Floor and total height for the saved favorite. Then draw in the Surface quickly. Or if it is a Glass Surround use the Glass Pane 14 & Glass Pane Sliding 14 objects.

Re: vector fills in elevation

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:28:18 GMT

Aha! that change in the view settings made the hatch visible. Thanks. The next question: One of the tile types is set at a 45 degree angle (as diamonds). I know that with 2d fills, in the settings you can click a radio button in "construction method" that gives you a control handle to rotate the hatch pattern. Is there an equivalent to this for 3D objects?

Re: vector fills in elevation

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:38:58 GMT

The Vectorial Hatch pattern in 3D is based upon the Assign Fill pattern to that material. You can change the Assigned Fill Pattern of a Material or better to copy a material that is similar to what you want and save under a new name. (This new material should then also be part of your template File so that it will be included in all future projects that you start with your template.
In the new Material, re-assign the Vectorial Hatch to a fill that you like. Again if there is not a Fill pattern that you like find one that is close, create new fill from that fill and adjust the Angle and even the x & y spacing dimensions.

Re: vector fills in elevation

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:39:38 GMT

The Fill type Dialog box

Re: vector fills in elevation

David Maudlin — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:08:58 GMT

jfanjoy wrote:
Is there an equivalent to this for 3D objects?

Jay's suggestion is good particularly if you are using this fill multiple times. For single instances there is the Align 3D Texture command.

David

Re: vector fills in elevation

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:32:28 GMT

Success! Thanks, those are both great options.

Re: vector fills in elevation

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:26:58 GMT

On a related topic, in a different interior elevation I have two more display issues that I figure a knowledgeable AC user can resolve. In the attached image,

1) The interior elevation is cutting a section through the ceiling thickness. In other elevations, I gave the elevation a finite vertical range to avoid this. In the case shown, however, I'm slicing through a sloped ceiling so the height is not a round number (and is also irrelevant for construction documentation purposes). Is there a setting that will make the elevation automatically stop at the bounds of the first encountered cut surface?

2) there is supposed to be a door seen in elevation in the wall just to the left of the seat (under the notes). For some reason it doesn't show up. (my layers are displaying correctly, it's not that). Is there a view or elevation setting i need to adjust? Doors show up ok in my other interior elevations.

Re: vector fills in elevation

Barry Kelly — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:29:19 GMT

1) No - it is either an infinite height or you set it manually.

2) Check the range (distance) of your section in the plan. It may not extend far enough to pick up the door.

Barry.

Re: vector fills in elevation

Link — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:41:41 GMT

Actually there's a Fit to Zone option that is supposed to work if you have cut your zone down using SEO. Thing is it doesn't work. Neither do a lot of other things with the IE tool, which is why we don't use it at all.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: vector fills in elevation

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:48:33 GMT

I figured out the missing door, an will post it in case any other newbies like me are lurking. Turns out, you can have a door in a wall on the second floor, but the door element is anchored to the first floor. It still looks normal in plan, but will not be visible in interior elevations. I found it when I was browsing in a 3D window and had my slab (floor) elements turned off.; that makes the problem really obvious. Fixing it was a simple matter of changing the story level of the door (and then I also had to change the base elevation to 0', as changing the story left the door in the same place, and changed its base elevation to -10'.