Renovation Filter Overrides on Solid Fill Walls

[Hobbesnb]

Has anyone run into this problem?

The Renovation filter fill override won't override wall fills if they are
"Solid" fills (i.e. - 25%, 50%, Foreground).

Is this a glitch, or is there a reason that the "Solid" fills are immune from the Override function?

[David Maudlin]

I also ran into this, don't know if there is a reason it is intentional, a technical limitation of some type, or just overlooked and so a bug.

For AC 14 and earlier I used an Empty Fill (copied and renamed Existing) for my existing walls (and slabs, roofs, etc), and had used a blank white Solid type fill. For AC 15, to utilize the Renovation override feature, I copied a nearly blank Vectorial Fill (like Cut Stone), increased its spacing to infinity (ok, 328083'-11.874" which is some ArchiCAD limit) and named it Existing. This has worked for me so far in terms of getting a result that matches my previous standards while being able to use the new feature. I don't know if there is a similar solution for getting a black or % fill from a Vectorial Fill to match or simulate one of the other Solid Fills.

David

[Hobbesnb]

Thanks David.

I'm hoping it's just an oversight by ArchiCAD that will be corrected soon. In the meantime, I'll play around with some vectorial fills as per your suggestion.

[Holger Kreienbrink]

You must have a baclground pen to override it. If the background pen is set to transparent the renovation override does nothing - you can also use this as a feature.

[David Maudlin]

Changing the background pen will not help, the New Wall fill will not display with Solid Fills.

David