Arched empty doors

[jarkwiat]

Hi there,

why does the dashed line of an empty arch opening turn into a solid line when the arc radius is increased ?

Operating system used: Mac Intel-based

[KB-at-CWA]

Hi Jarkwiat,

Are you using an opening or a door?

I'm assuming AC27

[jarkwiat]

hi, i am using a door 

[Barry Kelly · Accepted solution]

The arch line in plan is not a single curve (don't ask me why not).

If you explode the object. you will see it is a series of short line segments.

I think the line becomes more segmented depending on the curve, and as it will be trying to show the dash at the start and end of the segment, it will appear solid.

Also, if you choose a larger scale, you will probably see the dashes again because the line type is set to scale independently.

Use a shorter dash line style or a dotted one.

Barry.

[Lingwisyer]

Expanding the image, you can see the ends of each line, and on the largre radius you can see that it does correspond to the start and end of a dash. Maybe the arch is drawn as a 3D projection instead of a simple curve?

[jarkwiat]

Hi Lingwister, I simply used the available setting in the door settings palette. The same doors with a full arch display 2D as a solid line and doors with a smaller arch display with a dashed line

[jarkwiat]

Wow !!!! thanks - it works ! Thank you Barry !

[RobiLMan]

Hi, I'm having problems with changing the line type of arch opening in Archicad 29, I even tried it on a fresh projekt on different version and it still didn't work, it seems like it is a bug. All i wanted to do is change the linetype of arc line to the same as the opening linetype...

I think the problems is that the arc is made from many lines and not from 1 curved line.

Any ideas?

 

Operating system used: Mac Apple Silicon Tahoe 26,1

[Barry Kelly]

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@RobiLMan wrote:

I think the problems is that the arc is made from many lines and not from 1 curved line.

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Correct.

I have merged your post with one that already discusses this problem.

Barry.