Elevation hatch not lining up

[Tom Krowka]

Have developed a problem I have not seen before. Elevation hatch does not line up automatically any more. See the attached pic below. The green highlighted element is a slab. Have snapped it directly to the wall below it, and the wall above it is snapped directly to the corner of the slab. Have noticed it in a couple of other drawings also, but have been able to ignore it.

It was created while the accuracy is set is 1/64" inch. Which is another issue within the office. What is the recommended accuracy. One of my techs insists on using that value because he thinks anything less will not enable him to snap directly to points. As he zooms in closer and closer, it appears elements are not really snapped to points, even though the check mark appears while snapping. I wonder if the two issues are related somehow.

[Aussie John]

Hi Tom you didnt attach any image but have you set the origins of the hatches to a common point?

[Tom Krowka]

See the attached pic.

[Tom Krowka]

I have not done that before.....why would the issue suddenly come up?

[Aussie John]

Try the texture origin. Im not on my CAD computer so forget the exact menu command.
I only works if you are in 3D not section view.
This is (was) a bug with edges of inclined roofs and textured but doesnt seem to be related to your issue.

[Anonymous]

Tom,
You could do what Tom suggests. While in the 3D window, select
the slab and go to Design->Align->texture, but then you would
have to do the same thing to the upper wall.
I have found it easier to hold the floor slabs to the inside of
the walls and extend the lower wall up to the bottom of
the upper wall. Then you only have to adjust the fill of the upper wall.
You could make the wall multistory then you would not have
the adjust the fill at all unless you wanted the fill pattern to
start somewhere other than the base of the wall.
Peter Devlin

[Aussie John]

of course more than one element at a time can have its texture origin set

[Rick Thompson]

I don't have this problem, but I have a different way to build the model. I think you are working with a stud frame assembly? I place a slab without any edge material exactly where the real floor would go. I place the wall composite with the reference line at the stud face, with composites of sheathing and siding on the outside of the reference line. I wrap the floor slab with a composite of just siding and sheathing on a layer (exterior walls misc) that gets turned off for printing... (as you can see it goes through the windows and doors in plan view). I also wrap a dedicated composite (for calculations mainly) for corner boards at the corners. All displays as needed. While this might seem time consuming, I fine it quick in the end.

[Rick Thompson]

I should have selected the floor slab.. so.. here.

[Tom Krowka]

I use a wall that only shows the thickness of the stud wall itself. For our purposes, the composites are superfluous. My attachment below shows the 3d texture using the internal engine and hidden lines. The surface fill of the wall is corrected, as opposed to the typical elevation as shown above. It seems the two engines handle the material texture differently. I swear I never had this problem before in three and half years. I can't believe I was that lucky.