topic Re: Renovation Filter Overrides on Solid Fill Walls in Documentation

Renovation Filter Overrides on Solid Fill Walls

SGraham_MGArchitects — Fri, 19 May 2023 13:34:39 GMT

Has anyone run into this problem?

The Renovation filter fill override won't override wall fills if they are
"Solid" fills (i.e. - 25%, 50%, Foreground).

Is this a glitch, or is there a reason that the "Solid" fills are immune from the Override function?

Re: Renovation Filter Overrides on Solid Fill Walls

David Maudlin — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:46:16 GMT

I also ran into this, don't know if there is a reason it is intentional, a technical limitation of some type, or just overlooked and so a bug.

For AC 14 and earlier I used an Empty Fill (copied and renamed Existing) for my existing walls (and slabs, roofs, etc), and had used a blank white Solid type fill. For AC 15, to utilize the Renovation override feature, I copied a nearly blank Vectorial Fill (like Cut Stone), increased its spacing to infinity (ok, 328083'-11.874" which is some ArchiCAD limit) and named it Existing. This has worked for me so far in terms of getting a result that matches my previous standards while being able to use the new feature. I don't know if there is a similar solution for getting a black or % fill from a Vectorial Fill to match or simulate one of the other Solid Fills.

David

Re: Renovation Filter Overrides on Solid Fill Walls

SGraham_MGArchitects — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:50:27 GMT

Thanks David.

I'm hoping it's just an oversight by ArchiCAD that will be corrected soon. In the meantime, I'll play around with some vectorial fills as per your suggestion.

Re: Renovation Filter Overrides on Solid Fill Walls

Holger Kreienbrink — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:10:15 GMT

You must have a baclground pen to override it. If the background pen is set to transparent the renovation override does nothing - you can also use this as a feature.

Re: Renovation Filter Overrides on Solid Fill Walls

David Maudlin — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:39:57 GMT

Changing the background pen will not help, the New Wall fill will not display with Solid Fills.

David