Matthew wrote:
A trick for when the automatic drawing is close to what you want but needs some minor editing is to use blank white fills to just cover up the bad parts and draw what you want on top of the fills. If your working background color is not white then these patch fills will stand out for easy review. Otherwise you can set the fill pen to a highlight color (like pale yellow) in the working views and set it to white on the layouts for proper output.
Or you can use a white fill on a white background, but also check Work Environment > User Preference Schemes > On Screen Options >
Automatic Pen Color Visibility Adjustment for Model Views, this will make the white fills slightly off white. (For AC 10 it is at Work Environment > User Preference Schemes > More Options >
Automatic Pen Color Visibility Adjustment for Model Views)
Rather than using fills to cover unwanted extra lines (from model elements in the section/elevation), I have modified my standard pen set so there are 5 pens set to white that are slightly wider than the 5 standard pen weights I use. So when I need to cover a #2 pen line (1.00 pt) I use #102 pen (1.10 pt) with the Polyline Tool to draw over the unwanted lines. I have found this faster than using white fills.
knosaj:
You should add a Signature to your Profile (click the Profile button near the top of this page) with your ArchiCAD version and operating system (see mine for an example) for more accurate help in this forum. Especially as you are using a much older version with fewer options.
David
