Renovation Filter, Composite Walls and AC 17
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‎2014-02-03
07:01 PM
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‎2023-05-19
03:33 PM
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Gordana Radonic
So now in AC 17 we have our building materials instead of fills which makes it doubly hard to have duplicate walls. So I am trying to apply the renovation filters. However the renovation filters are wiping out the composites and only showing a block. Have I lost Composite wall renovation filter capability? Showing new construction without the composite wall is worthless. Do I have to duplicate building materials with new fills? That seems like trouble.
The other problem I'm having is that even though the override cut fill pens setting is turned off the pens still read through so they are actually on all the time. This is a nasty bug that has actually been around for a while. It has just moved with the new format.
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‎2014-02-11 03:57 AM
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‎2014-02-13 03:25 AM
[EDIT] I have tried to replicate your problem but can not. Can you be more specific in terms of what renovation style you are using, what the renov status of the window is and the the filter for the view? At best I can get the outlines of the composite wall to show through the window sill - those are under the wall contour line in the window 'general settings'. But I can not get the two interior faces of your outer skins to show up.
You say the renovation filters wipe out the composite - but your image shows all the relevant composite skins. What is being wiped out?
I also don't understand your comment about not being able to have duplicate composite walls. Further why would you need duplicate walls in this context. Is your image showing two walls stacked one on the other?
Are you on the latest hotfix?
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‎2014-02-13 06:34 PM
Thanks for your reply, I'd almost given up hope. I guess people aren't using the renovation filter.
I actually want the composite lines to show. I just don't want them to show in the heavy black line that is pen no. 1. What I have done is place an existing window and set its renovation status as to be demolished. Then in new construction I have set it to override. I can change the no 1 pen to change the lines but that doesn't seem like the proper solution.
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‎2014-02-13 06:34 PM
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‎2014-02-14 12:26 AM
How odd that the renovation overrides don't include a way of controlling the composite wall skin lines. Even more odd that demo lines inside the "vacant" window show up as bold cut lines.
It is interesting that in the line override, the doors and window in a wall are addressed but the wall they reside in is not.
At any rate, it looks buggy to me. Sorry I could not be of any help. Hopefully a more veteran member will chime in.
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‎2014-02-18 05:48 PM
I'm not sure if I can speak to the whole question, but we had a similar problem with the window sill lines coming out too heavy. I don't think it has anything to do with the Renovation Filter, which only changes the color.
You would think that the sill line setting is in the Window settings, right? Only if the window is shown as a
These lines, in that case, are taken from the Wall settings > Floor Plan and Section > Outlines > Uncut Line Pen. Essentially, it assumes you're just looking at the edge of the wall. Unfortunately, this is the same setting used to show wall outlines in elevations and other 3D views, so it's a balance between a light line you want in plan, and a heavy line you want in elevation.
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‎2014-03-04 12:32 AM
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