topic Re: Need to lighten up materials in Elevation in Documentation

Need to lighten up materials in Elevation

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2023 20:14:35 GMT

I have done some searching but couldn't find anything to help me. I would like for some of the materials on my elevations to be somewhat lighter. I PDF most of my drawings, and the materials sometimes come out too dark. Example, If i use a brick face on my composite wall, in elevation the brick jumps out. In certain situations I would like the brick to be almost invisible in elevation. I have looked at materials and pens and just am not seeing anything. I'm sure its something simple and Im just not seeing the forrest for the trees. In the example, the stonework is too dark. I would like it to be lighter. What am I missing here?

Re: Need to lighten up materials in Elevation

Barry Kelly — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 01:01:55 GMT

In your material settings dialogue you can choose the pen for your hatching.
It can be by element pen which means you control it by the element pen settings or you can choose a particular pen so that hatch in that material where ever it is used will always appear with the same pen colour and thickness (unless you change pen sets).
Barry.

Re: Need to lighten up materials in Elevation

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:14:13 GMT

Barry,
Thanks for the reply. I do use different pen/lineweights for different items. But for some reason when I PDF them, there is no difference that i can see in them. These two walls in the picture are different lineweights, but no discernable diff that I can see. What gives here? Any ideas anyone?

Re: Need to lighten up materials in Elevation

Barry Kelly — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:24:39 GMT

If you Publish your PDF through the Publisher then check the Document Settings.
Barry.

Re: Need to lighten up materials in Elevation

Barry Kelly — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:27:36 GMT

If you print directly from Archicad as a PDF then you will have a similar option.
Barry.

Re: Need to lighten up materials in Elevation

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:58:47 GMT

Barry wrote:
If you Publish your PDF through the Publisher then check the Document Settings.
Barry.

I always publish this way and the hairline box is never checked. There has to be something that I am missing. Is there not some other way to make it more transparent other than pen settings?

Re: Need to lighten up materials in Elevation

Ernest Atanasiu — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:27:55 GMT

What Pen Set are you using?
If you change to a generic one, like "Architectural 100", the problem is still there?