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Morph object not showing up in "cut fill" properly?

rob2218
Enthusiast
see attached explanation image.

Morph-cut-fill-not-showing-02.png
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Archicad 22, Archicad 23
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Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
You have a warning of "Some Selections are not Solid" if so they cannot show a cut fill.
Use the solidify command to see if it helps.
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rob2218
Enthusiast
thanks for the hint.
I'll try anything at this point....let me test er out.
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Edgewater, FL!
SOFTWARE VERSION:
Archicad 22, Archicad 23
Windows7 -OS, MAC Maverick OS
rob2218
Enthusiast
ok....well, attempted the "check solidity" and tried to "solidify" since the warning told me "some elements created in the morph were not solid"....and nuttin'
didn't cause the morph object to show it's "solid fill"

anybody got any other idears?
...Bobby Hollywood live from...
i>u
Edgewater, FL!
SOFTWARE VERSION:
Archicad 22, Archicad 23
Windows7 -OS, MAC Maverick OS
Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
Do a simple morph next to the ones that are giving trouble to see if it shows to eliminate the cut plane or renovation status as possible culprits. If it shows then that might mean that the problematic morphs are not solid and you might need to redo them.
Eduardo Rolón AIA NCARB
AC27 US/INT -> AC08

Macbook Pro M1 Max 64GB ram, OS X 10.XX latest
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rob2218
Enthusiast
I was "definitely" told that the problem morph which was brought in from Sketchup, was NOT created as a "solid" rather some complex extrusion shape.

Hence why it is not allowing me to show it in "cut fill" inside the morph object.

So.....I'll have to see if the fellow who created it could go back and re-create the morph to be able to be brought back into AC as a "solid" rather than how he created it.

thanks sir...your assumption was accurate.
...Bobby Hollywood live from...
i>u
Edgewater, FL!
SOFTWARE VERSION:
Archicad 22, Archicad 23
Windows7 -OS, MAC Maverick OS
Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
No problem. Some information that might help:

- SU does not create solids
- AC can convert SU's empty objects into Solid Morphs
- It is easier to convert small connected SU objects than to try to convert one HUGE one.

My recommendation is to simplify the SU object and to import into another AC file to check solidity and to verify before inserting into the new one.
Eduardo Rolón AIA NCARB
AC27 US/INT -> AC08

Macbook Pro M1 Max 64GB ram, OS X 10.XX latest
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rob2218
Enthusiast
Eduardo,
you stated that AC can create "solids" from an SU import?
how is this done?
does the SU object being imported need to be "simple"? you stated to try to make small chunks of the offending object in question.

See below what the shape we are trying to make "graphically appear" right in 2D plan looks like.
...Bobby Hollywood live from...
i>u
Edgewater, FL!
SOFTWARE VERSION:
Archicad 22, Archicad 23
Windows7 -OS, MAC Maverick OS
Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
AC should "solidify" a SU object when you import it but to be sure this is the procedure that I follow.
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AC27 US/INT -> AC08

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Eduardo Rolon
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open in AC
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Eduardo Rolón AIA NCARB
AC27 US/INT -> AC08

Macbook Pro M1 Max 64GB ram, OS X 10.XX latest
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