using patches

[KeesW]

Why does ArchiCad do most things so well yet others are frustratingly annoying! I 've created a patch of a plan view of a corner window because I want to replace a portion of it with a sliding door. I would have thought that the patch would import the line properties of the original plan. Unfortunately, lines are dashed instead of solid, and outside deck fill, drawn with pen 1, are, in the patch, drawn with pen 3. Should not the default assume that line types and thicknesses of the patch exactly match the original drawing, or am I missing something? Perhaps one of the authors of this wonderful program could give me some instances where a patch benefits by looking like a blob?

I am sorry if this subject has been raised and answered before. However my search of the words 'patch', 'create patch' and 'GDL patch' raised a mere 335, 2753 and 2821 instances. I don't know what other words to use.

Kees

[KeesW]

I have an answer. One has to select the usual 'use symbol line types' and 'use symbol colours' in the library to inherit these properties from the original plan. But why doesn't Archicad make this the default for patches?

Kees