Fill Default Settings Not Available?

[toman311]

When drawing a complex profile, the Profile Manager has the Components section greyed out. This will not allow me to change the material to a fill I want to draw with. Instead, the fill is apparently "Missing". This means everything I draw as a complex profile in the sketch box is invisible. When searching for the Fill Default Settings to change the missing material to something else, the Fill Default Settings can't be found. So, this will not allow me draw complex profiles unless I click override after everything I draw.

Any ideas?

[DGSketcher]

With the profile editor open, select fill from the side menu and pick your fill material from the top info bar. You can now draw a fill that will extrude in your model once the profile is saved.

[toman311]

Okay. I can access different fills now. I get more fill options when I click override for some reason though and when I draw the fill, it is still showing up invisible.
I am going to have to compare this ArchiCAD to the one I have at home. Mabye there will be my answer.

[toman311]

After override

[toman311]

The one at home works like it should. I think something is wrong with the template settings.

[James B]

Since AC17, you apply Building Materials to fills in the Profile Manager.
With Building Materials, Surfaces are assigned via the Building Materials Settings dialogue.

In the Profile Manager palette, when a fill is selected, you can choose to use the surface from the Buildign Material (which is the checkbox) or override it - and the override can be all edges or individual edges (via clicking on an edge of the fill and select the option from the pet palette). Therefore this popup in the palette is a Surface override.

I hope that clarifies.