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Vectorial Hatch in Elevation, AC10

Anonymous
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Hi,
I am now new to AC10; our office likes to show roofs as gray.
In AC9, I set the elevation settings to show "Vectorial 3D Hatching", and made the surface material of the roofing have a solid fill vectorial hatching, with a pen designated to the material to show the correct gray.
In AC10, I can't get the roofs to show gray in elevation without selecting "Fill Uncut Surfaces with Element's Own Material Colors"; unfortunately, though, this also makes the wall surface, trim, and so on show in color, whereas I would rather they not.
The attached jpeg shows the look I am after, sans the gray roof.
Does anyone have an idea of what is different?
Thanks,
John

vecthatch.jpg
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Stress Co_
Advisor
Try using "Marker fill" instead of Solid fill.
Marc Corney, Architect
Red Canoe Architecture, P. A.

Mac OS 10.15.7 (Catalina) //// Mac OS 14.5 (Sonoma)
Processor: 3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 //// Apple M2 Max
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ArchiCAD 25 (5010 USA Full) //// ArchiCAD 27 (4030 USA Full)
Rick Thompson
Expert
I know you can manipulate the fills if you unlink the section, but not keeping them linked.
Rick Thompson
Mac Sonoma AC 26
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Anonymous
Not applicable
Marc,
Dynamite. Thanks! How'd you know?
I can't tell what the diff is between the 2.
John
Stress Co_
Advisor
T & E & M (trial and error and messing) with elevation shadows.
Marc Corney, Architect
Red Canoe Architecture, P. A.

Mac OS 10.15.7 (Catalina) //// Mac OS 14.5 (Sonoma)
Processor: 3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 //// Apple M2 Max
Memory: 48 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 //// 32 GB
Graphics: Radeon Pro 580X 8GB //// 12C CPU, 30C GPU
ArchiCAD 25 (5010 USA Full) //// ArchiCAD 27 (4030 USA Full)
Electric Flute
Booster
I must be missing something obvious here , but I can't find the "marker fill" even after a new AC 10 template file. Where is it exactly?
Thanks.
AC26 > AC5 - Win10
Anonymous
Not applicable
Both are fill types, accessed through many avenues.
Stress Co_
Advisor
In this context... it's the vectorial hatching of a material. Go: Options>>Element Attributes>> Materials> see attached.
Marc Corney, Architect
Red Canoe Architecture, P. A.

Mac OS 10.15.7 (Catalina) //// Mac OS 14.5 (Sonoma)
Processor: 3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 //// Apple M2 Max
Memory: 48 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 //// 32 GB
Graphics: Radeon Pro 580X 8GB //// 12C CPU, 30C GPU
ArchiCAD 25 (5010 USA Full) //// ArchiCAD 27 (4030 USA Full)
Electric Flute
Booster
Strange.. This marker fill doesn't appear here, even after a new AC 10 template file. See the image below.
Anyone also don't have it?

Win XP - ArchiCAD 10 987 int
AC26 > AC5 - Win10
Anonymous
Not applicable
Electric Flute,
This may be because you are using the AC 10 int version.
AC 10 USA and AC 9 USA has this fill.
Peter Devlin