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Window Mullions not showing in Elevation and Section views

Anonymous
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Window Mullions not showing in Elevation and Section views.
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Anonymous
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Elevation View
Anonymous
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I have a PLN brought forward from Version AC10 and contains AC10 Windows and the Mullions are showing in the Elevation and Section Views of this PLN. It is the AC14 Windows that seem "Broken".
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
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If you enable Transparency for the Elevation and regenerate it, are the Mullions visible?

I recall having similar problems a long time ago. The problem there was that the glass of the Window was scripted to be too thick and it became thicker than the thickness of the mullion, thereby overlapping it. Therefore in hidden line view the mullion did not show, only in wireframe or when transparency was used.
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Anonymous
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First thought was "This is great", "A simple Solution". And , Laz, I do thank you, but the unintended Conscuince which you may have forseen is the Display of teh Walls and Objects opposite the window openings. My Quick View Layer combination has most of the INterior Off, but now I set my Elevation Settings to Limited Horizontal Range and adjust it. Depending on the Roof and other surfaces to be displayed in the Elevation view this may also now require that I place "Fake" blank walls behind some of the Windows and create yet another layer.

May just be easier (Although not "real-life" to have the Mullion Thickness match the Glass thickness, and go back to Transparency un-checked.

When might, in other cases, Transparency be a good option to check?
Anonymous
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Can you not adjust the thickness of the glass and/or glazing bars (mullions) if this is indeed the problem?
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
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Yes, I knew transparency would bring out that problem. I actually did not intend this as a solution, but rather a step toward finding out the exact nature of the problem.
I believe that the solution will be what s2art wrote: edit the 3d script of the problematic windows to decrease the thickness of the glass or increase the thickness of the mullions.

Normally I do not have Transparency check myself because of this exact same reason: things start to show that mess up the elevation. So I always have it turned off in such cases.
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2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac28
Anonymous
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This is the option that I have chosen, as I stated by saying
"Jay Garbarino"]...

May just be easier (Although not "real-life") to have the Mullion Thickness match the Glass thickness, and go back to Transparency un-checked. ...
Erika Epstein
Booster
Jay,
The section/elevation tool settings have changed, and possibly the 14 door/windows don't work with the 10 s/e? Can you place a new elev marker and test this?

Alternatively can you shorten the depth of the s/e so you are not seeing all the way through the house; not sure if this will solve problems or create new ones.
Erika
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