topic Re: lineweights in Documentation

lineweights

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:45:13 GMT

hi there. i am confused about lineweights. is there a way to set up different lineweight settings for different scale drawings? for example, i have a plan that overall i plot at 1/4"=1'-0" and i have set up my lineweights to look a certain way. what if i need to plot a detail of it at say, 1"=1'-0". what would be the best way to handle lineweights so that they look the same in both drawings, no matter the scale? thanks.

Re: lineweights

TomWaltz — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:05:03 GMT

marta wrote:
hi there. i am confused about lineweights. is there a way to set up different lineweight settings for different scale drawings? for example, i have a plan that overall i plot at 1/4"=1'-0" and i have set up my lineweights to look a certain way. what if i need to plot a detail of it at say, 1"=1'-0". what would be the best way to handle lineweights so that they look the same in both drawings, no matter the scale? thanks.

Ideally you set the lineweights in Plotmaker. You can have different groups of pens for different scales or drawing types.

What many offices to is have several PMKs off to the side, one for each pen set. You just match (eye dropper) the pen set you want, then inject it into your view.

Re: lineweights

Steve Jepson — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:33:13 GMT

If you are printing from ArchiCAD (this is a very objectionalble thought to some) the attributes manager is another way to quickly get the pen setting you want to use for printing at different scales. Pen settings are saved as .att files that you can imprort to use for printing at different scales.

Re: lineweights

Haneef Tayob — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:13:50 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
What many offices to is have several PMKs off to the side, one for each pen set. You just match (eye dropper) the pen set you want, then inject it into your view.

So simple! Now why didn't I know that?

Thanks

Re: lineweights

Djordje — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:10:21 GMT

Haneef wrote:
TomWaltz wrote:
What many offices to is have several PMKs off to the side, one for each pen set. You just match (eye dropper) the pen set you want, then inject it into your view.
So simple! Now why didn't I know that?

You don't read the Talk regularly

This technique is around forever ... most propagated by the template masters around here.

Re: lineweights

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:11:50 GMT

Hi there. I am using student version archicad. How can I plot my elevations and sections which show lighter lineweight for background lines? How can I show material on the elevation, for example the timber studs on the wall?

Thank you very much.

Re: lineweights

Djordje — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 03:10:31 GMT

Caren wrote:
Hi there. I am using student version archicad. How can I plot my elevations and sections which show lighter lineweight for background lines?

With the elevation marker/line selected, choose Marked Distant area and show the range; the elements behind will be shown with a thinner pen.

Caren wrote:
How can I show material on the elevation, for example the timber studs on the wall?

If in S/E, you have to have a fill assigned to the material of the walls, and Vectorial hatching on in the Model effects. If you want your background to be hatched too, set it in Distant area options.

If in rendering, the material has to have a proper texture assigned.

HTH,

texture for rendered material

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 08:05:01 GMT

Thank you. But how can I make the texture of the object that i want to render? For example, If I want to make the wall look like bamboo wall?

Re: texture for rendered material

Djordje — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:23:13 GMT

Caren wrote:
Thank you. But how can I make the texture of the object that i want to render? For example, If I want to make the wall look like bamboo wall?

Well ...

... better get Dwight's book, I think.

Making a texture is a job in itself; in the Resources topic, you will find a lot of links pointing to the free textures web sites.

Bamboo is not very easy, but it it good as it is repetitive.

Art•Lantis for example has excellent bamboo and wicker shaders, but that is not what you have asked.