topic Re: Fills in elevation view won't display- PlotMaker 9 in Documentation

Fills in elevation view won't display- PlotMaker 9

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2023 01:14:49 GMT

Hello.

I need to produce a set of documents, and print them from PlotMaker 9. There is problem though. Fill applied to a roof (in story view), in AC9, doesn't display in elevation view, in PlotMaker9.

Ok, it may sound weird, but this roof is pitched (duh!), and therefore its fill should be seen in both story and elevation view.

Yet worse, the fill I created in AC9, isn't available in PM9. How come?
In PM9, fills are displayed in "keep original settings" mode. Hence, described issue shouldn't be affected by bitmap or vectorial hatching.

Re: Fills in elevation view won't display- PlotMaker 9

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:02:58 GMT

willa.ytong wrote:
Ok, it may sound weird, but this roof is pitched (duh!), and therefore its fill should be seen in both story and elevation view.

You do have Vectorial Fills turned on in elevation settings, don't you?

Re: Fills in elevation view won't display- PlotMaker 9

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:15:00 GMT

I "keep original settings", as selectable in PM9 display option.
Yes, as previously described, no matter if I set bitmap or vectorial fill to be displayed, it won't turn up in elevation view.

And to emphasize, this particular fill isn't available among PM9 "book fill types". Does it matter? Or does PM9 import the actual fill from AC9. I'm perplexed.

Re: Fills in elevation view won't display- PlotMaker 9

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:32:02 GMT

I'm talking about the check box as in image below, from Section / Elevation Tool settings. (Image from AC10 but this setting is same in AC9)

Re: Fills in elevation view won't display- PlotMaker 9

Barry Kelly — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:15:49 GMT

willa.ytong wrote:
..... Fill applied to a roof (in story view), in AC9, doesn't display in elevation view, in PlotMaker9 .....

Are you placing a cover fill on the roof in storey view (I assume this means plan view)?

Does AC9 have cover fills?

If so these cover fills will not show in elevation as far as I know.
You will need to add a materail to the roof surface and make sure this material has a fill pattern associated with it.
This material fill will show in elevation but not in plan.
The cover fill will show in plan but not elevation.

Am I on the right track or am I completely thinking the wrong thing here.

Barry.

Re: Fills in elevation view won't display- PlotMaker 9

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:02:53 GMT

s2art wrote:
I'm talking about the check box as in image below, from Section / Elevation Tool settings. (Image from AC10 but this setting is same in AC9)

Thank you.
You were right, there was a "vectorial 3D hatching" check box in fill options, and obviously it wasn't checked. Slightly missplaced in my opinion. I couldn't guess it could be related to elevation views. Now I know better.

Re: Fills in elevation view won't display- PlotMaker 9

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:15:30 GMT

Barry wrote:
willa.ytong wrote:
..... Fill applied to a roof (in story view), in AC9, doesn't display in elevation view, in PlotMaker9 .....
Am I on the right track or am I completely thinking the wrong thing here.

Barry.

You are on the right track, Barry.
Actually, I worked late hours and messed up fills assigned to materials (cover fills) and finally got everything right.

To be honest, not quite right, since I have to figure out how to evenly distribute fill assigned to roof material.
In story (plan) view, cover fill is evenly distributed across the roof.
In elevation view, fill assigned to the roof material, isn't. Any idea how to adjust it?

For example, textures have an option where you can set origin and direction. How

Re: Fills in elevation view won't display- PlotMaker 9

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:24:52 GMT

A screenshot, illustrating my current headache.
Hopefully somone can point me into right direction.

Re: Fills in elevation view won't display- PlotMaker 9

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:32:38 GMT

Use "Align 3D texture" (under Design menu) in the 3D window to set the origin of both texture map and vectorial fill.