topic Re: Override core of composite in Documentation

Override core of composite

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2023 13:22:43 GMT

Hello,

I am trying to make a graphic override which makes all elements who are structural appear in dashed lines. The building code of my country requires that the structural elements of a building be shown in dashed line on the Elevations.

I tried to make the override using the building material and overriding its lines. This works, but when I have a composite it overrides it all even though it has various building materials in it.

Does anyone know how I can work this out?

Re: Override core of composite

terzer — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:33:52 GMT

I would like to know as well, I have the same problem.

Re: Override core of composite

Link — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:41:17 GMT

I don't believe this is possible. It will affect the whole element, not just the components of it.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Override core of composite

artktecture — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:37:07 GMT

I'm reviving this old post.

Does anyone know if this is possible yet? I'd like to have a graphic override that affects only the core of a composite.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Override core of composite

Barry Kelly — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 01:32:41 GMT

No it is not possible.
Graphic Overrides affect the entire element they are applied to.

Barry.

Re: Override core of composite

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 19:17:35 GMT

There was a similar thread, and someone there suggested that you may be able to set up a new Pen Set for this purpose. You would carefully define the Fill Pens and Fill Background Pens for your Building Materials, then, when you need the Graphic Override, you could apply the new Pen Set which would apply the new Pens to the Fill and Fill Backgrounds of Composites and Complex Profiles.
I have not tried it, but it can potentially achieve this purpose.

Re: Override core of composite

runxel — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 19:31:06 GMT

As I have posted once in the german forum it is somehow a bit possible:
(together with a different pen set you can achieve even more as its easy to imagine)

1) No override.
2) Fills set to "only foreground"
3) Fills set to "only background, override with blue pen"
The insulation has its background set to zero.

Anything with background pen of zero won't be overriden. This is by design.