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2009-06-08 02:56 AM
2009-06-08
02:56 AM
I've had similar problems with colouring floor plans - i.e. forgetting the setting combination that allows a cover fill to happen.
Silly, isn't it!
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2009-06-08 03:20 AM
2009-06-08
03:20 AM
Document>Set Model Views>MVO
Is "override cover fills", checked?
Or maybe it's really a "drafting fill"
and you need to uncheck override there?
Or the fills properties is set not how you think
in: Options>Element Att>Fill types?
Or could it be: View>OSVO>Vectorial Hatching is off?
How about Internal vs OGL setting?(probably not since not 3dview)
That's all the guesses I have.
Is "override cover fills", checked?
Or maybe it's really a "drafting fill"
and you need to uncheck override there?
Or the fills properties is set not how you think
in: Options>Element Att>Fill types?
Or could it be: View>OSVO>Vectorial Hatching is off?
How about Internal vs OGL setting?(probably not since not 3dview)
That's all the guesses I have.

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2009-06-08 09:41 AM
2009-06-08
09:41 AM
KeesW wrote:- Not silly.
I have created an elevation view and am trying to cover parts of it with solid colour cover fills
- Check that display of fills is enabled in Model View Options for the view.
- Create a fill (if necessary at a side location) that is solid, or doesn't have a transparent background color pen.
- Select it.
- Edit > Display Order > Bring Forward (or Bring To Front).
- Drag it to where you want it to cover the linework.
- Save the view. (both MVO and DO will be saved, along with layer combos etc).
KeesW wrote:If you want for example the integrated cover fill of a slab to show, you both need to turn the element's cover fill on, and turn on the Model View Option to show cover fills in that view.
I've had similar problems with colouring floor plans - i.e. forgetting the setting combination that allows a cover fill to happen.
If you want 'loose' fills, do like for the elevation as above.
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2009-06-08 01:21 PM
2009-06-08
01:21 PM
Thanks for your replies - especially Thomas. I had forgotten to change the display order to bring the fill to the front. The manual doesn't say it but I should have remembered.
Maybe the default should automatically move the fill to the front? I can't imagine anyone drawing a fill and not wanting to see it - at least in the first instance. Oh well, who can understand the Hungarian mind!
Maybe the default should automatically move the fill to the front? I can't imagine anyone drawing a fill and not wanting to see it - at least in the first instance. Oh well, who can understand the Hungarian mind!

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2009-06-08 01:58 PM
2009-06-08
01:58 PM
KeesW wrote:You're welcome - but I don't agree with that. The default (that fills are drawn behind linework) is better in all other circumstances, I think. You'd want this only when there's something to cover up
Thanks for your replies - especially Thomas...Maybe the default should automatically move the fill to the front?

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