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Printing mesh ridges

Tom Krowka
Booster
Will mesh ridges show up when printing? I know I could print the site plan and check but would have to walk over to the print shop and get a copy. Might take less time to just ask the question.
If they do, how can I turn them off but still leave the mesh on. It has a cover fill that I want to print.

Thanks Tom
Tom Krowka Architect
Windows 11, AC Version 26
Thomas@wkarchwk.com
www.walshkrowka.com
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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
There are the User-defined ridges and then there are the generated ridges which will create the triangulated surface of the Mesh. The former is always shown, the latter can be set to be not visible in the Floor Plan asn Section panel of the Mesh Settings Dialog (Ridge Selection field).
Then whatever is shown in the screen will be printed.

But it seems to me that it is not possible to hide also the User-defined ridges so that only the outline of the Mesh is shown.
You could set the Uncut LIne Pen to white but that would make white both User-defined ridges and the contour of the Mesh. So I don't have an idea of how you could hide them easily.
Loving Archicad since 1995 - Find Archicad Tips at x.com/laszlonagy
AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27
Tom Krowka
Booster
Hmmmmm. How about if I set those ridges to have a color with a pen weight of "0". They might so light they might not print.

Tom
Tom Krowka Architect
Windows 11, AC Version 26
Thomas@wkarchwk.com
www.walshkrowka.com
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
You would have to try that.
Normally 0 width means that it will be printed with the thinnest line possible by the printer.
Loving Archicad since 1995 - Find Archicad Tips at x.com/laszlonagy
AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27