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hatches urgent help assignment due tomorrow!!

keily
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ive created a 3d building and want to add hatches to the plans and sections - except when I press cover fills only transparency options come up eg 25% 50% 75% background foreground. then also when I go view, onscreen view options, there is no option to press vectorial hatches

 

pls help!!

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Botonis
Advisor

Can you upload a picture of what you want to do and a screenshot of your settings? 

Botonis Botonakis
Civil Engineer, Enviromental Design MSc., BIM Manager for BS ArhitectsVR
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Archicad 27. Windows 11. Intel Xeon 2699x2,64 GB RAM, Nvidia 3080Ti. 2 Monitors.
Barry Kelly
Moderator

What are you trying to add the cover fill to - what did you create the 3D buildings from?

 

The 'Vectorial Fill' is now called 'True Fill Appearance'.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

this is what i currently have as a cover fill option. keily_0-1661844507085.png

 

 

this is what i want to have, so that I can add hatches to my 3d objects in plans and sections. 

 

keily_2-1661844555319.png

 

 

Barry Kelly
Moderator

Have a look at your fill settings and see if all the fills you want have got the 'Cover Fill' option set.

BarryKelly_0-1661844965796.png

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

created the building from walls and slabs and basically just need to show basic hatches like brick for walls and concrete grounds

keily_0-1661845401238.png

this is what mine looks like 😞

Yes, that is good for the 'Foreground' fill.

That is why you can see it in the cover fill options.

 

BarryKelly_0-1661845393114.png

 

 

Check the settings of all the other fills that you can't see as cover fills - i.e. the 'Asphalt' fill that doesn't show in the cover fill list.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

how do i find these other cover fills?

Is there something wrong with your setup?

I don't have a Mac so can't compare.

But shouldn't there be those coloured dots in the fill settings window?

You should be able to see ALL fill there.

 

BarryKelly_1-1661846298910.png

 

 

Is your Archicad version up to date with the latest build?

You didn't say what version you are using.

Also is that version compatible with you Mac OS version.

Old Archicad version may not work with new Mac OS and New Archicad version may not work with old Mac OS.

 

What Archicad are you using and what Mac OS?

 

Barry.

 

 

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Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
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