Why is it that we cannot see the veneer of a column in section?!
Veneers show in plan only.
I have a not-unusual situation with a concrete or CMU core and stone or brick veneer that looks just fine in plan ... but shows as a solid CMU mass in section. Useless.
Workaround is to use two columns - one for the core, with the core fill, and one as big as the mass with veneer, with the veneer fill. Solid Element Subtract the inner column from the outer one and things look right in section and plan. But this should not be necessary.
Wish: column veneer fills should show in section!
Karl
I call it a bug too, and I have reported it as such. I was told, it's not standard to cut sections through columns. It's true, but it's still a straightforward VB-consistency issue. I have wanted to cut through a concrete/maconry pier in order to start a detail.
The other thing is that the 'defined' use of the tool is only part of it. You can use all the tools to make things other than the building elements in their names. If the section worked right, you could make a chimney from a column. Columns don't usually require sections, but something made from a column might.
Bonus column consistency gripe: Their plans aren't stretchable.
The other thing is that the 'defined' use of the tool is only part of it. You can use all the tools to make things other than the building elements in their names. If the section worked right, you could make a chimney from a column. Columns don't usually require sections, but something made from a column might.
Bonus column consistency gripe: Their plans aren't stretchable.
James wrote:US Tech Support seems to think that bugs only occur when the program does not act as the programmer intended. If the programmer did not intend for columns to look the same in section as in plan, it's not a bug.... right??
I call it a bug too, and I have reported it as such. I was told, it's not standard to cut sections through columns. It's true, but it's still a straightforward VB-consistency issue. I have wanted to cut through a concrete/maconry pier in order to start a detail.
The other thing is that the 'defined' use of the tool is only part of it. You can use all the tools to make things other than the building elements in their names. If the section worked right, you could make a chimney from a column. Columns don't usually require sections, but something made from a column might.
Bonus column consistency gripe: Their plans aren't stretchable.
Personally, I don't see how anyone could say this is not a bug.... I bet most people seeing this situation would wonder what they did wrong, any why the column did not look right in section.
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