How to create a wall that has a fill pattern in elevation

[Anonymous]

Hello,

<warning>I am a new Archicad user </warning>

I am trying to create a wall (stone) that, when drawn in elevation, shows a graphic stone pattern.

The wall tool does not seem to allow me to associate a pattern to a 2d elevation.

Is there an easy way to do this?

I have been playing around in GDL but I'm not sure which angle to start on. Do I try and extend the wall tool, do I create a wall extension.... what are my options?

any help is appreciated.

rondari

[Laszlo Nagy]

You need to assign a 3D Hatch to the Material of the Wall in the '3D Hatching' Panel of the Options\Materials Dialog.
Also, in the 'Model Effects' panel of the Section/Elevation Settings Dialog, check the Vectorial 3D Hatching checkbox.
Laszlo

[Paul King]

Yes, but how do you assign a different pen to hatch than is used by wall?
Hatch should appear faint, wall edges strong.

A big problem!

Cheers

Paul

[Richard Morrison]

Paul wrote:
Yes, but how do you assign a different pen to hatch than is used by wall?
Hatch should appear faint, wall edges strong.

A big problem!

Cheers

Paul

No problem at all! Look at the Material Setting DBX. Under 3D hatching you can set your pen.

[Paul King]

Thank you!! I had forgotten all about that separate setting.

Would be great if you could control penweights of elements within elements own dialogue !
Cheers

Paul