topic Re: Snap... to fill objects? in Modeling

Snap... to fill objects?

Anonymous — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 16:10:17 GMT

Is it possible to snap to objects within fills? In 2d?

In 3d?

Let's say I create a symbol fill with a square, I link any material to that fill, and I toggle on to see vectorial hatchs in any 3d view, so I can see my squares everywhere. Is it possible to snap to those squares corners and sides as if they were 2D lines?

Thanks,

Fuintur

(Sorry for the flood, it just happens that I had theese many questions stored for many months...)

Re: Snap... to fill objects?

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:29:23 GMT

In short - No you can't.

You can use the "Link to fill origin" option in the placed fill, and use that as a setout point (easier if you have "show fill handles ON" in display settings). If you know the size of your fill pattern you can go from there (eg. for ceiling tiles in a grid)

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Re: Snap... to fill objects?

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:39:18 GMT

It would be a really useful feature to be able to snap to the lines within fills, especially for setting up tiling. Why not make a new wish in the 'Drafting Wishes' section of the forum here?

Re: Snap... to fill objects?

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:17:58 GMT

Complex fills already slow things down enough. Imagine if your cursor was trying to snap to every endpoint or intersection within them as well. Maybe a new fill category would get around this? Maybe not.

Re: Snap... to fill objects?

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:56:51 GMT

Yes, your right. It makes no sense to be able to snap to the lines in a concrete fill, but it does for a gridded pattern or parallel line type fill.

Rather than just restricting it to vectorial fills, maybe it could just be a simple tickbox in the fill settings that allows the user to choose what fills they can snap to.

Re: Snap... to fill objects?

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:28:51 GMT

s2art wrote:
In short - No you can't.

You can use the "Link to fill origin" option in the placed fill, and use that as a setout point (easier if you have "show fill handles ON" in display settings). If you know the size of your fill pattern you can go from there (eg. for ceiling tiles in a grid)

I managed to gain further control over the vectorial fills shown in any 3d views by using "enveloping" fills and setting those fills, once displayed, in plan. But that's only worth for objects allowing "enveloping" fills, so slabs? ok, walls? No.

Nor I can edit those fill handles in elevation views.

Show fill handles, for "enveloping" fills only works only in plan views, doesnt it? Anyth in 3d views?

Speaking about parallel patterns... I have been trying to understand how does some predetermined fills work, so that I can create them myself, and I still can understand how do I do to create myself fills such as "brick, common brickwork", when the pattern unit (in yellow) doesn't cover the whole... say "logic" unit, that is to say the unit that, itself, would be able to cover the whole plane by tesselation. Is it even possible?

Thanks,

Fuintur

Re: Snap... to fill objects?

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:45:21 GMT

Fuintur wrote:
...Nor I can edit those fill handles in elevation views.

You can do this using "Align 3D Texture" in Design menu (Ac11 standard WE)

Fuintur wrote:
Speaking about parallel patterns... I have been trying to understand how does some predetermined fills work, so that I can create them myself, and I still can understand how do I do to create myself fills such as "brick, common brickwork", when the pattern unit (in yellow) doesn't cover the whole... say "logic" unit, that is to say the unit that, itself, would be able to cover the whole plane by tesselation. Is it even possible?

Thanks,

Fuintur

You would do this by copy / paste lines representing a full repeating module into a new Symbol Fill. That is, each of the stretcher bond courses plus one header course, in the example you gave.

Re: Snap... to fill objects?

David Maudlin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:22:39 GMT

Fuintur wrote:
Speaking about parallel patterns... I have been trying to understand how does some predetermined fills work, so that I can create them myself, and I still can understand how do I do to create myself fills such as "brick, common brickwork", when the pattern unit (in yellow) doesn't cover the whole... say "logic" unit, that is to say the unit that, itself, would be able to cover the whole plane by tesselation. Is it even possible?

This can be done via GDL using the Define Fill command.

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David

Re: Snap... to fill objects?

JCCARLOS91 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 07:10:46 GMT

Hello.

Is there any update on this for Archicad 25? 🤞