Display question in 3D and Elevations

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I am having problems displaying elements correctly in 3D views, elevations and sections.
When I put elements of de same class and material close together, the line separating the disappears.
While I understand that this feature can help many times, there are situations where you want to show every element.
I attached to pictures to make it clear.

Maybe somebody knows how to do it without having to separate the elements in different layers or editing their intersection number ?
Thanks!

[Karl Ottenstein]

Sergio wrote:
Maybe somebody knows how to do it without having to separate the elements in different layers or editing their intersection number ?
Thanks!

The line will show up in the 3D window if you turn Contours on.

Layers / intersection number is the typical way to accomplish this for sections/elevations/3D Documents. The "old fashioned" way that will work for you is to make a duplicate of the material assigned to the adjacent elements and assign one of those elements the duplicate material. When like materials abut each other, ArchiCAD removes the line - this is generally desired in Elevations where walls fit together. But you can force the lines to be visible by assigning a different material, even if it is an exact duplicate. The contour line will NOT show up in a rendering though.

Cheers,
Karl

[NCornia]

That is a good tip. It would be nice if there was a global or instance setting that could be checked/unchecked. Similar to displaying the edge contours of adjacent cabinetry.

[Anonymous]

Hi Karl,

thank you for the trick. Using a duplicated material is indeed a good option. The only problem with this technic is that it makes it a little more complicate to organize the elements by material when crating schedules. You and up having to groups of the same material with different subtotals.

I thing I should be possible to deactivate this automatic mechanism in the object preferences. That would enhance the display possibilities without compromising other organisatory parameters.

Thanks end best regards,
Sergio

[Anonymous]

NCornia,

indeed ! Thats exactly what I meant.

regards,

Sergio

[Karl Ottenstein]

I agree with all of your points, Sergio!

Cheers,
Karl