Circle with Fill

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Is there a reasonable way of explaining why a circle cannot have a DIRECT fill in Archicad? Thanks.

[Dontknow]

When you draw a fill as a circle its possible.
Use your pallet to draw a cirle with the fill tool.

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much.

[Anonymous]

Am I missing something with this, I currently draw a circle with the circle tool then magic wand the fill & delete the circle!
So whats the trick to cut out the first step?

[Anonymous]

If you use the Polygon geometry method the Pet Palette pops up with the various arc creation methods. I find it easier just drawing a circle and using the magic wand.

[Anonymous]

Amazing this was right under my nose & didn't see it!

[Dontknow]

Made a short video of it.
Here is how it goes:
Draw a fill cirlce

[Anonymous]

That is a useful tip, however, there are times when you need to draw a circle from a known centre point. The fill method requires a start point on the circumference. I have always used the circle and magic wand method.

I wish the super talented programmers at Graphisoft could just give us a simple "one-step" circular fill tool. How hard could that be?

[Laszlo Nagy]

If you know the center of the circle and the radius (let's say 1000 mm), then move your cursor to the center point, type "X1000+" to input the point on the circumference, then use the Pet Palette method shown in the video to create the Circle shaped fill.

[Barry Kelly]

If only a fill (and other elements) could magic wand to a guide circle.
"M" (measure), click centre, type in distance (radius) and mark location to get the guide circle.
Now magic wand the fill on the guide - no need to delete a temporary circle.
Shame it doesn't work.

Barry.