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Override cover fills in archicad 20 - moved location

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2023 10:17:53 GMT

Archicad seems to have changed the location of overriding cover fills in the model view options to having it in the graphic override combinations. Before I used to just go into the Model View Options to change the cover fill settings - now it seems really complicated and I'm not sure what I'm supposed to click in order to not show a cover fill on a model view combination. Help!

Re: Override cover fills in archicad 20 - moved location

Steve Jepson — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 06:22:04 GMT

It is more complicated, but it is also more useful once you get the hang of it. And it is not really very hard.

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Steve Jepson — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 06:25:28 GMT

Most of what you might need for that can be done in two places.

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Anonymous — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 22:34:26 GMT

Hi there, thanks for the reply. I know how to get to the graphic overrides menu settings, but not sure what to change.

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Anonymous — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 22:38:59 GMT

I have a slab that I want to show on both the floor plan and the site plan. On the site plan i have a cover fill, but do not want the cover fill to show on the floor plan.

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Steve Jepson — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:46:16 GMT

Make a different View for Site Plan and the Floor Plan. Each View can have it's own settings.

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Anonymous — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 20:36:30 GMT

Hey, again, thank you - but maybe I'm not being very clear. I am aware that you can have graphic override combinations for different plans such as site and drafting. My question is I'm not sure what to change in the graphic override settings in order to not have the cover fills show. At the moment under drafting - i have unticked the boxes for "all cover fills" yet it still shows up. What settings do i need to change??

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Karl Griffith — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:00:19 GMT

I think what you want to do is check the box for all cover fills, then select a background or transparent fill (depending on what you want). You don't actually turn off the cover fills, you select an alternative fill that won't show.

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David Maudlin — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 13:49:35 GMT

laz89:

Here is a GO Rule (which must part of a GO Combination) to make all cover fills transparent. You may need to modify this for your needs.

David

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Anonymous — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 02:50:21 GMT

Hey I'm still having trouble figuring out what settings i actually need to change. I have changed the drafting graphic override combination to have all the cover fills not show up (unticked all the boxes - is this what I am supposed to do?) the slab I am wanting have overriden the cover fill is still showing - nothing i seem to change in the graphic override settings seems to change the display on the plan. Can someone please explain how I actually go about this?

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David Maudlin — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 13:27:14 GMT

laz89:

Why don't you post your GO Rule, someone may see this problem.

David

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Richard Morrison — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 14:21:09 GMT

laz89 wrote:
Hey I'm still having trouble figuring out what settings i actually need to change. I have changed the drafting graphic override combination to have all the cover fills not show up (unticked all the boxes - is this what I am supposed to do?) the slab I am wanting have overriden the cover fill is still showing - nothing i seem to change in the graphic override settings seems to change the display on the plan. Can someone please explain how I actually go about this?

GO Combinations are just an assembly of individual rules.

For each individual rule, pretend that the "Criteria" section is just a "Find and Select" for the objects that will be changed. Then, when you check something in the section below, that is what it will be changed TO. In other respects, they will be left untouched.

The other thing to pay attention to is the order of the rules in any GO Combination. Any rule that is higher on the list will override a rule lower on the list. Hope that helps.

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Anonymous — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:51:07 GMT

Sorry, I'm still just not getting it. Ill attach a series of screenshots to explain. maybe someone will see where I have gone wrong. I have drawn a slab, Which I want to have display the cover fill on the site plan, but not on the floor plan. Here are the slab settings.

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Anonymous — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:54:25 GMT

I have created a new graphic override combination

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Anonymous — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:56:12 GMT

Here are the rules I have put in for overriding the cover fill on the slab.

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Anonymous — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:57:19 GMT

Can anyone see where I have gone wrong?

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Richard Morrison — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 20:00:07 GMT

Well, to start with, you haven't overridden the fill with a different type. (Nothing is checked.)

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Anonymous — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 20:08:50 GMT

Ok thankyou- I was thinking that leaving them unticked would make them override - oops. So it seems that you need all 3 (all cover fills, solid background, solid foreground and transparent) all set to the same overrides? or is it just one? I have it working now.

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Richard Morrison — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 20:26:30 GMT

laz89 wrote:
Ok thankyou- I was thinking that leaving them unticked would make them override - oops. So it seems that you need all 3 (all cover fills, solid background, solid foreground and transparent) all set to the same overrides? or is it just one? I have it working now.

I would play around with the various options and make friends with GOs. They are going to be in your life for a long time, now.