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Archicad 25, zones transparent background fill doesnt work in sections

POTS — Tue, 30 May 2023 10:24:28 GMT

Archicad 25, 6000, zones transparent background fill pen doesn't work in sections. Does anyone have the same issue ?

Re: Archicad 25, zones transparent background fill doesnt work in sections

Brian Spears — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 14:54:43 GMT

I don't think Fill Graphic Overrides will make Zones transparent in Sections. I think you'll need to either fiddle with the Surface's Settings or just make the Layer the Zones are on wireframe or turned off.
Display of Zones in Section

Re: Archicad 25, zones transparent background fill doesnt work in sections

POTS — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 15:04:26 GMT

Brian thanks for your help. It turns to be more complicated than that, like you mentioned, Zones a are depended on surfaces, but also surfaces are depended on the section's own settings, like the uncut fills, fade distant element etc'-
I have problems imagining/grasping such complex hierarchy. I don't exactly know which settings Archicad prefers over the other (I think its section settings > surfaces > overrides).
I also think the program should not make things so complicated. I'm not sure yet it optimised with its interface in terms of being understandable.
I turned off all the options I had for really nice graphics for the section, and now with a bit of cheating I can get the background of the zones to be transparent.

Re: Archicad 25, zones transparent background fill doesnt work in sections

Laszlo Nagy — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 20:15:03 GMT

With other settings not complicating things, for Zones to be transparent in a Section, you have to override 3 things:

1. The Fill Background Pen of Cut Surfaces (the Zone has a Cut Fill in a Section).

2. The Surface of Cut Surfaces (the Zone body is cut by the Section).

3. The Surface of Uncut Surfaces (the Zone body is cut by the Section, but when the Cut Surface is transparent you will see the Uncut Surface of the Zone body so it has to be overridden as well).

Re: Archicad 25, zones transparent background fill doesnt work in sections

POTS — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 08:44:04 GMT

thanks !!