topic Re: stories above as hidden lines in Documentation

stories above as hidden lines

KeesW — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 00:53:53 GMT

There used to be a way of automatically indicating stories above, or roofs, etc, with dotted (hidden) lines. Stories below could be shown in solid lines. AC26 has a legacy setting option which is supposed to do this, but I can't get it to work. What and where are the current version equivalents. Surely, we don't need to use the legacy feature to achieve something as fundamental as this?

Re: stories above as hidden lines

David Maudlin — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 13:34:45 GMT

Kees:

What works for me: the element (Slab, Roof) is set to Floor Plan Display > Show on Stories > Home & One Story Down. Under Preferences > Legacy the Below Home Story Line Type is set to dashed. Even though this is in the Legacy panel, it cannot be turned on/off like the other options; I do not consider it a legacy feature.

David

Re: stories above as hidden lines

runxel — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:34:26 GMT

David is correct. It does not belong to the legacy thing, which is just the lower part of the panel.

I can not understand why the devs thought this would be fitting, but here we are. Sure is: They aren't doing themselves a favor. @ GS: take notes!

Key take-away in any case: The element needs to be visible first – if you set the element to "show on home story only" .... well, you're not going far.

Re: stories above as hidden lines

Tim Ball — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 18:11:03 GMT

There is an old trick where on a layout you can place one view above another. Set up the below or above with a GO to get the linetypes and colours you want. You can trace ref these views too. View on top needs to have a transparent background

Re: stories above as hidden lines

KeesW — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 05:35:35 GMT

Thanks for the replies. Yes the elements are visible. I've been using Archicad since version 5 and this is the first time that this issue has occurred.

KeesW