Masking

[Anonymous]

Just wondering if there is a correct way of masking?

I have part of a balcony behind a roof in elevation. I would prefer not to
explode the balcony/balustrade.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, in anticipation

Lucia

[Erika Epstein]

Lucia,
You can use the "-1 window background" fill. Be sure to set the type of fill to "empty". The fill will have the same color as your screen's background. After it is drawn, select it and under
TOOLS
DISPLAY SETTINGS
choose 'bring to front' and it will mask what is behind it.
It is the last fill, see screen shot for location. Because of its symbol, I call it the TV fill.

[Aussie John]

I prefer to use the white background as I can then see that the item has been masked and of course both dont print.

[__archiben]

Erika wrote:
You can use the "-1 window background" fill. Be sure to set the type of fill to "empty".

Aussie wrote:
I prefer to use the white background as I can then see that the item has been masked and of course both dont print.

both have their merits, but the difference lies in whether or not you will be exporting as a DWG file. the '-1' pen wipes-out the elements underneath when saving as a DWG, but the solid white fill appears as just that (and really stands out on a black background!)

HTH
~/archiben

[Aussie John]

~/archiben wrote:
but the solid white fill appears as just that (and really stands out on a black background!)

~/archiben

Does that mean every where there is a white fill it comes out black in a dwg? or are you meanning a solid fill that is white. I use a white empty fill.

[Link]

He means that everywhere there is a white fill in ArchiCAD, there'll be a white fill in AutoCAD, which is quite plainly obvious over a black screen! The -1 fill creates a wipeout in AutoCAD, so has a very slight advantage over the white fill if you're exporting to DWG/DXF.

Cheers,
Link.