opaque fill in the section cut?

[Anonymous]

How about this one? The section marker is transparent...I'd like them to be opaque, so I don't see my decking pattern. Pls note the window markers ARE opaque, so other settings are in order. Is there a way of making the section marker background opaque?
Thanks..!

[LiHigh]

David,

As far as INT Library is concerned, I don't think unhiding AC_MarkerFill would works.

Here is part of the 2D script extracted from "Marker Head" (macro) which is used in Standard Detail Maker 10. Clearly, even AC_MarkerFill is set to Solid Fill, we won't be able change Fill Pen color.

If gs_marker_shape_m<>"9" Then
drawindex 20
mask=1+2+4
pen gs_cont_pen
if AC_MarkerFill<>0 then fill AC_MarkerFill
fpn=2
bpn=91
If gs_marker_shape_m="1" Then
If abs(gs_ext_angle-90)<eps or abs(gs_ext_angle-270)<eps Then
AC_MarkerOffset_X=0
If abs(gs_ext_angle-90)<eps Then AC_MarkerOffset_Y=AC_MarkerSize/2 Else AC_MarkerOffset_Y=-AC_MarkerSize/2
Else
If abs(gs_ext_angle-180)<eps Then AC_MarkerOffset_X=-AC_MarkerSize/2 Else AC_MarkerOffset_X=AC_MarkerSize/2
AC_MarkerOffset_Y=0
EndIf

add2 AC_MarkerOffset_X,AC_MarkerOffset_Y
rot2 gs_marker_rotation

poly2_b 2, mask, fpn, bpn,
0,0,901,
AC_MarkerSize/2,360,4001

pen gs_div_pen
line2 -AC_MarkerSize/2,0,AC_MarkerSize/2,0
del 2

[Anonymous]

That is what I am finding too. Screen shot attached. You can toggle on the fill, set it to solid, but then you can't specify a white pen.

At this point I am still looking for a solution to something that should be a standard.

[David Maudlin]

LiHigh wrote:
David,

As far as INT Library is concerned, I don't think unhiding AC_MarkerFill would works.

Here is part of the 2D script extracted from "Marker Head" (macro) which is used in Standard Detail Maker 10. Clearly, even AC_MarkerFill is set to Solid Fill, we won't be able change Fill Pen color.

...
if AC_MarkerFill<>0 then fill AC_MarkerFill
fpn=2
bpn=91
...

...
poly2_b 2, mask, fpn, bpn,
0,0,901,
AC_MarkerSize/2,360,4001
...

LiHigh:

You are correct, the pens for the foreground and background of the fill have been hard coded (not parametric). What I am recommending is setting the fill type to Empty Fill, not Solid Fill, as the Solid Fill will use the foreground pen (# 2 in the code above, fpn), while the Empty Fill will use the background pen (# 91 in the code above, bpn). Pen 91 has been the default white pen in ArchiCAD until version 10 introduced optional pen sets. If you set your pen # 91 to white, and your fill to Empty Fill, then the marker should have a white opaque mask.

David

[David Maudlin]

Burginger wrote:
That is what I am finding too. Screen shot attached. You can toggle on the fill, set it to solid, but then you can't specify a white pen.

Mark:

Don't set the fill to Solid, set it to Empty (just as you could use an Empty Fill with a white background pen to mask an element). Since the background pen of the fill in the Marker has been set to pen #91, just make sure that pen #91 in you pen set is set to white (until version 10, pen #91 has been the white pen by default, it is probably best to leave it white for compatibility with earlier library parts).

David

[Anonymous]

Thanks, that does work once I checked the Model View Options to "by element".



Hopefully this thread helps someone else.

[David Maudlin]

Burginger wrote:
Thanks, that does work once I checked the Model View Options to "by element".

Mark:

Good catch, I don't know that that setting would have occurred to me to get this to work.

David