New Fill Failure

[Anonymous]

The pattern of the fill that I am trying to create doesn't properly paste itself into the fill types window. I don't know which step of the process I don't do correctly. I create a new pattern, then I select it, I copy it and I am supposed to paste it into the Fill Editor with the paste button but that's where the creation of the fill fails and I don't see it in the small window.

[runxel]

Try it with Lines, instead of Polylines.
Had the same issue some days ago.

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to quickly turn the polylines into lines? I exploded them but they are still polylines and the fill still doesn't want to be created.

[runxel]

anto_bg wrote:
Is there a way to quickly turn the polylines into lines? I exploded them but they are still polylines and the fill still doesn't want to be created.

Yes, it's called Linework Consolidation.
Even tho it is totally unintuitive to put this option in this dialog imho, but alas, once you know it...

[Anonymous]

A huge thank you!!! You are a lifesaver and a timesaver! I finally have the new fill. It only worked with lines. I don't know why polylines are not visible in the "edit fill" dialog box. The option "Linework Consolidation" is such an essential feature but totally unintuitive. It should be included in the ArchiCAD official tutorial for editing polylines....

[Laszlo Nagy]

You can simply select a Polyline and use the "Explode into Current View" command to convert it into Line segments.
I tried it in AC23 and it works for me. I also tried it in AC20 (AC21 is not installed) and it works there too, so it should work in AC21 as well.

Maybe the reason it does not seem to be working is because the "Keep Original Elements After Exploding" is checked by default so after you explode it, the Polyline is still there and when you try to select it, the Polyline gets selected, not a Line segment. Just a guess.

[Anonymous]

LaszloNagy wrote:
You can simply select a Polyline and use the "Explode into Current View" command to convert it into Line segments.
I tried it in AC23 and it works for me.

That's what I initially did but the exploded polylines are still polyline segments (not lines) and they weren't visible in the Fill window.

[Laszlo Nagy]

You are right, my bad, I did not check the Info Box after exploding them.