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Walls - Different Colors

Eman
Contributor
Hi,

If I have 4 walls in 2D with yellow colors and I want to change one to black color as the image, what is the proper way to do it?
https://yadi.sk/i/tjc38lmlHNaWeQ

Thanks
Eman / Draftsman
Works at an Architects Company using ArchiCad 21
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.19 GHz, 8.00 GB, 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
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Barry Kelly
Moderator
Walls can not change colour (appearance) along their length, unless there is an opening object (door or window) placed in them.
Or they are interacting (trimming) with walls in another layer.
Otherwise they must be separate walls.

Also if a wall has its 'Floor Plan Display' set to 'Projected with Overhead' then the height of the wall in relation to the Floor Plan Cutting Plane will come into effect.
Depending on your wall settings generally a wall below the FPCP will be solid line with empty fill.
A wall being cut by the FPCP will appear solid.
A wall above the FPCP will appear dashed line and empty fill.

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Eman
Contributor
Ok maybe I did not make myself clear enough. What I mean is how can I make walls with different colors as the image?
https://yadi.sk/i/Ff0mkYfI2YEWjg

Thanks
Eman / Draftsman
Works at an Architects Company using ArchiCad 21
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.19 GHz, 8.00 GB, 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Lingwisyer
Guru
Use a building material that has a different cut fill between the two that you want?



Ling

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Eman
Contributor
Lingwisyer wrote:
Use a building material that has a different cut fill between the two that you want
Ling
Hi Ling and thanks for your reply.

I already tried that way but I think there is another option. In the image there are walls that a wall in itself has 2 colors (brown and white).
https://yadi.sk/i/Ff0mkYfI2YEWjg

With building material I cannot do that.
Eman / Draftsman
Works at an Architects Company using ArchiCad 21
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.19 GHz, 8.00 GB, 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Lingwisyer
Guru
Are those walls on different stories? If so, are you overlaying views? In which case you could just use a different GO.



Ling.

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Solution
Barry Kelly
Moderator
Walls can not change colour (appearance) along their length, unless there is an opening object (door or window) placed in them.
Or they are interacting (trimming) with walls in another layer.
Otherwise they must be separate walls.

Also if a wall has its 'Floor Plan Display' set to 'Projected with Overhead' then the height of the wall in relation to the Floor Plan Cutting Plane will come into effect.
Depending on your wall settings generally a wall below the FPCP will be solid line with empty fill.
A wall being cut by the FPCP will appear solid.
A wall above the FPCP will appear dashed line and empty fill.

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Eman
Contributor
Barry wrote:
Walls can not change colour (appearance) along their length

Barry.
Hi Barry and thanks for your reply
Eman / Draftsman
Works at an Architects Company using ArchiCad 21
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.19 GHz, 8.00 GB, 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor