merge fills

[Anonymous]

hi all I change elevation from 3d to 2d(draw)
how can I merge fills witch has same properties in one single fill ?

[Anonymous]

Edit > Reshape > Fill Consolidation....

[Djordje]

and try to NEVER turn the elevations into the 2D drawings ...

[Anonymous]

Djordje wrote:
and try to NEVER turn the elevations into the 2D drawings ...

I use many times copy/paste to transform elevations and sections into 2D drawings, which contains lots of fills, polylines, etc. Then Edit-Reshape-Fill/Linework Consolidation, to reduce number of lines and fills.

For a perfect section/elevation, plans must be draw correctly, and height between the stories must be also set perfectly. I'm not an Archicad expert, and I think much people use this commands.

Why it's recommended or, why not it's recommended to use Fill/Linework Consolidation every time on a section/elevation?
Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

Why not a just "Add surfaces" like vectorwork?

Just thinking...

[Anonymous]

Emyl001 wrote:
Why it's recommended or, why not it's recommended to use Fill/Linework Consolidation every time on a section/elevation?
Thanks in advance.

As recently as 18 months ago, we were using this method (turning the elevations and sections into lines and fills) and using linework and fill consolidation. Our drawings were 2D. Since investing some time and effort into going 3D, we've managed to put together (IMO) excellent elevations and sections that are 95% 3D.

Going to "live" 3D drawings are definitely the way to go. It takes a bit of learning but pays dividends. This is, after all, a 3D program.

[Anonymous]

Djordje wrote:
and try to NEVER turn the elevations into the 2D drawings ...

second

[Anonymous]

thank you all

[Anonymous]

Steven wrote:

Emyl001 wrote:
Why it's recommended or, why not it's recommended to use Fill/Linework Consolidation every time on a section/elevation?
Thanks in advance.

Going to "live" 3D drawings are definitely the way to go. It takes a bit of learning but pays dividends. This is, after all, a 3D program.

As long as these commands will exist in future versions of archicad, much people will continue to use these commands (my personal opinion).

I work in AC for more than 4 years (more for some people, less for other), and I still not be able to do a perfect 3D section/elevation. I must say that it will take (much) time for a program to become "a full 3D program", where all drawings will be modeled directly in 3D.

[Anonymous]

Emyl001 wrote:
I work in AC for more than 4 years (more for some people, less for other), and I still not be able to do a perfect 3D section/elevation. I must say that it will take (much) time for a program to become "a full 3D program", where all drawings will be modeled directly in 3D.

It is not feasible to have all drawings 3D. My 1 1/2" details and larger are drawn using the 3D model as a base, but as full 2D details. It just wouldn't be efficient to model every piece of a building. I also add 2D information to floorplans. That being said, all our sections and elevations are 95% 3D, and I have gotten to this point in less than 6 months. The 3D building looks great, clients love it. We've left out more information in the building sections than we would if we were drawing 2D, but it's not necessary to show all that information at that scale anyway. The devil is in the 2D details, which we can easily transfer from one job to the next.

Use the profile manager and complex profiles and SEO's and you can make just about anything. We are a firm who does a lot of very detailed residential work and our drawings look fine.

"Practice makes perfect..."