topic Re: Cover fill on wall in multiple directions in Documentation

Cover fill on wall in multiple directions

Tibo_L-EDU — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:09:42 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to put a cover fill on my slanted walls to show they are in roof material
(the reason they are walls in ArchiCAD is that they function more as an angled wall rather than as a roof. This also makes things like windows infinitely easier to place correctly).

From what I can tell the only way to do this is via graphic overrides, which would be fine except that the hatchings don't rotate with the geometry of the walls.

no hatch

hatch through GO

mockup of what I want

Is there another way to do this? Or do I need to do it manually with 2d elements?

Thanks

Edit: I'm not exactly sure if this is the right place to post this, if not, where should I post this?

Re: Cover fill on wall in multiple directions

Erwin Edel — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:27:27 GMT

Interesting, you'd expect the wall to show the vectorial pattern.

As a possible workaround: you could overlay a view of a 3D document showing only the walls cut at the same height as your floorplan on the layout. That 3D document would basically act like a horizontal 'elevation'.

To create one, just open the floor plan, go to the project map, scroll to the 3D Documents, right click and pick "New 3D Document from Floor Plan".

With a layer combination you should be able to filter out your walls (hopefully).

Re: Cover fill on wall in multiple directions

Tibo_L-EDU — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 12:48:53 GMT

That'll do the trick, thanks!

But as you said, not ideal and there should be a better way, but this will do fine 😉

Re: Cover fill on wall in multiple directions

Erwin Edel — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 14:07:58 GMT

No problem. I had a project with a curved roof before the Shell tool existed in Archicad and I used a similar trick: complex profile wall for curved roof and it also didn't show up with a nice cover fill.

Good to see that some 12 versions (and prob years) later, it's still a viable trick.