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Fills and object floor plan display filled grey

ngoldie
Participant
Every time I place an object and put in a fill, the fill turns out grey and the object is filled with grey. I checked the graphic overrides in the renovation filter section and there aren't any overrides....? Is there somewhere else the selections could be overridden?

Thanks
Naomi
Archicad 20
MacBook Pro - laptop
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ngoldie
Participant
I should also mention I can change the fill colour to any colour but white. But white is the fill colour I need
Archicad 20
MacBook Pro - laptop
Barry Kelly
Moderator
Sounds like you have the "invert pen colours' option active.
In the Work Environment under "On Screen Options" you will want to turn off "Automatic Pen Colour Visibility Adjustment for Model Views".

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
ngoldie
Participant
That's great, you fixed it, thanks!
Archicad 20
MacBook Pro - laptop
Barry Kelly
Moderator
Your other option is not to use a white background.
I set mine to a pale green (just like the old manual drafting tables to remind me of old times).
That way I can see all colours as they should be (I avoid pale green pens of course) and I can see white as white and know that it won't print.

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
ngoldie
Participant
That's good to know, thanks!
Archicad 20
MacBook Pro - laptop
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