walls appear as wire frame in 3D

[Anonymous]

I have brought an ArchiCAD7 file into ArchiCAD11 but it shows walls as wireframe in 3D even though the setting is on shading. I have tried to switch between wireframe and shading without success - it still does not show solid walls in 3D.

Does anyone have any idea what might cause this? Other versions of the same project that I have brought into 11 work as expected, but I need this version to work.

[Anonymous]

Check the layer settings - you can switch individual layers to wireframe by clicking the little block shaped symbol next to the eyeball. These are saved with layer combinations too.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Peter for that information - I must have hit the icon when switching layers on and off. Have only been using ArchiCAD for 18 years!!! Shows how little we use of the power within this program.

[Barry Kelly]

Now if I can only find out why I have wireframe in some 3D Documents and not others in version 16.

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=43162

It is not the shading/wire frame setting in 3D and it is not the layer setting either.
Can't see any settings in the 3D Document settings dialogue either.

Barry.

[Anonymous]

Barry - Is that an option on the hidden 'special' menu perhaps?

Dwight expains it better - http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=212328

[Barry Kelly]

Peter wrote:
Barry - Is that an option on the hidden 'special' menu perhaps?

Dwight expains it better - http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=212328

It could be.
I did think of that but haven't investigated it yet as we don't have the special menu active so if it is there I don't know how it would have got turned on.
I will look into it though.
Barry.

[Anonymous]

Almost 2020 and I found this very helpful. Thank you Peter Clark & rest of ArchiCAD contributing community.