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Fill issue in interior elevations view

Ugljesa Janjic
Newcomer
Does anyone know how to fix the fill overlapping the bathroom fixtures in interior elevations? Please see the attached image for clarification.
The fill works just fine in floor plans, it goes around the fixtures. But not in elevations.
I know I can mask the fixtures with a background fill and fix it that way, but shouldn't this be more automatic?
Just a question.
No urgency.
Thanks.

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Ugljesa Janjic
ugljesa@janjicarch.com
ArchiCAD 25
Mac OS
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Gerald Hoffman
Advocate
Ugljesa,

It will be easier and better in the long run to get used to modelling the tile. A thin wall drawn in where it actually goes would read properly in Elevation and Section views. It appears that the library parts do not mask in Elevation View.

Cheers,
Gerald Hoffman
“The simplification of anything is always sensational” GKC
Archicad 4.55 - 27-6000 USA
2019 MacBook Pro-macOS 15.0 (64GB w/ AMD Radeon Pro 5600M GPU)
Anonymous
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I sometimes use fills in cases like this. In elevation settings Model Display if you set Uncut Elements to Uniform Pen Colour, either white pen or window background (-1), you can then select the object and bring forward in display order to be in front of the fill.
Anonymous
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Ugljesa wrote:
Does anyone know how to fix the fill overlapping the bathroom fixtures in interior elevations? Please see the attached image for clarification.
The fill works just fine in floor plans, it goes around the fixtures. But not in elevations.
I know I can mask the fixtures with a background fill and fix it that way, but shouldn't this be more automatic?
Just a question.
No urgency.
Thanks.
Hi,

Or you can set the limit line of interior elevation market just slightly before the wall. Then send your fill in the elevation to back. That will work.

Cheers
Barry Kelly
Moderator
tranthainguyen wrote:
Or you can set the limit line of interior elevation market just slightly before the wall. Then send your fill in the elevation to back. That will work.
This would only work if the fill was set in the composite settings for the wall.
Then it would lead to other problems.
You wouldn't see any doors/windows in this wall and you would need two walls stacked on top of each other - one with the hatch and one without.'

In this case I believe the fill was added manually to the elevation so adjusting the section line won't help.

I actually use a tile object that I place on the wall (rather than a second wall in front) and it can be stretched to whatever size or shape is necessary.

Do a search for tiles in the object settings dialogue and see if anything turns up in your loaded library or possibly BIM Components.

The advantage of modelling as much as you can in 3D is you can avoid situations like this and it will be visible in any 3D views as well.

Barry.
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Anonymous
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tranthainguyen wrote:
Ugljesa wrote:
Does anyone know how to fix the fill overlapping the bathroom fixtures in interior elevations? Please see the attached image for clarification.
The fill works just fine in floor plans, it goes around the fixtures. But not in elevations.
I know I can mask the fixtures with a background fill and fix it that way, but shouldn't this be more automatic?
Just a question.
No urgency.
Thanks.
Hi,

Or you can set the limit line of interior elevation market just slightly before the wall. Then send your fill in the elevation to back. That will work.

Cheers
Very risky. You wouldn't see any windows or doors in the wall if you did that.
Barry Kelly
Moderator
s2art wrote:
Very risky. You wouldn't see any windows or doors in the wall if you did that.
SNAP!!
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Anonymous
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Barry wrote:
s2art wrote:
Very risky. You wouldn't see any windows or doors in the wall if you did that.
SNAP!!
Oh Of course it will not see any. I should be clear about that as my suggestion was based on his particular case where it seems a manual fill laid behind object.

Cheers