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Floor plan of a much lower structure doesn't appear

pablito_maravilloso
Participant

Hi all, I'm having a hard time showing the floor plan of the proposed shed on the plan view. I reckon it's because the cutting plane isn't hitting the walls. The problem is that it is 3 metres below the rest of the stuff (swimming pool decking & existing house). I wanna be able to show everything on a single plan.

 

How do I resolve this? Thanks in advance

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Operating system used: Windows


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Solution
Barry Kelly
Moderator

What is the 'Floor Plan Display' set to for the elements making up the shed?

Try setting them to 'Symbolic Cut', then they will always show regardless of the height in relation to the cutting plane.

 

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Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

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MitchD
Booster

It will be becuase its set to 'All relevent stories", needs to be 'Home storey only" to use Symbolic cut.

ArchiCAD 28 /// Win 11 Pro - Ultra 7 155H - 32GB RAM - RTX 4060 8GB /// Win 11 Pro - i7 12700 - 64GB RAM - RTX 3070 Ti 8GB

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Solution
Barry Kelly
Moderator

What is the 'Floor Plan Display' set to for the elements making up the shed?

Try setting them to 'Symbolic Cut', then they will always show regardless of the height in relation to the cutting plane.

 

BarryKelly_0-1751417539843.png

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

They're really just walls and a roller door. Symbolic cut is greyed out:

 

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You must be using a complex profile wall, they can not be symbolic.

It look quite simple, any reason you can't use a composite wall?

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

Isn't this just a composite wall? Thank you btw for your insights

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Solution
MitchD
Booster

It will be becuase its set to 'All relevent stories", needs to be 'Home storey only" to use Symbolic cut.

ArchiCAD 28 /// Win 11 Pro - Ultra 7 155H - 32GB RAM - RTX 4060 8GB /// Win 11 Pro - i7 12700 - 64GB RAM - RTX 3070 Ti 8GB
pablito_maravilloso
Participant

Thank you both!

It was indeed because it was on All Relevant Stories". I was able to select Symbolic cut after opting Home Story only. Cheers!

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