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AC20 goverride surface exception?

Mats_Knutsson
Advisor
Hi,
I want to overrida all surface materials except glass. Basically I want a white model with glass material.
/M
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Erwin Edel
Rockstar
We don't have AC20 yet, but in 19 I would hotlink the .pln to a new file and use delete and replace on all but the glass material and a whitewash material.

It seems to work with rulesets, so I would guess it should be possible, unless it is an override per element rather than override certain surfaces. In latter case I would guess your whole window/door/etc element will become one surface, regardless of glass.

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/guides/archicad-20/archicad-20-reference-guide/views_of_the_virtual...
Erwin Edel, Project Lead, Leloup Architecten
www.leloup.nl

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Mats_Knutsson
Advisor
Erwin wrote:
We don't have AC20 yet, but in 19 I would hotlink the .pln to a new file and use delete and replace on all but the glass material and a whitewash material.

It seems to work with rulesets, so I would guess it should be possible, unless it is an override per element rather than override certain surfaces. In latter case I would guess your whole window/door/etc element will become one surface, regardless of glass.

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/guides/archicad-20/archicad-20-reference-guide/views_of_the_virtual...
Thx.
Yes I think that is the case. I think it's good enough and the over rides will play an important role in how we communicate our projects in early stages (as well as in more detailed).
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David Maudlin
Virtuoso
Mats:

This GO Rule works for me. (Your Surface names may be different.)

David
David Maudlin / Architect
www.davidmaudlin.com
Digital Architecture
AC27 USA • iMac 27" 4.0GHz Quad-core i7 OSX11 | 24 gb ram • MacBook Pro M3 Pro | 36 gb ram OSX14
Mats_Knutsson
Advisor
David wrote:
Mats:

This GO Rule works for me. (Your Surface names may be different.)

David
I tried that. Maybe I did something wrong with the materials. I opened an AC19 template in 20. Will try some more.
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Anonymous
Not applicable
Hi, I just did that 2 day ago, the same way David explain.
David Maudlin
Virtuoso
Mats:

Have you created a GO Combination that contains that GO Rule, and is that GO Combination active?

David
David Maudlin / Architect
www.davidmaudlin.com
Digital Architecture
AC27 USA • iMac 27" 4.0GHz Quad-core i7 OSX11 | 24 gb ram • MacBook Pro M3 Pro | 36 gb ram OSX14
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