Material added to 2D-polyline

[ERook3147]

Is there a possibillity to add a material to a 2D-polyline. I can add a material in the properties-section but I don't see the material on the screen.

I need to make a quick impression with some material added to a 2D floorplan.

[jggerth1 · Accepted solution]

Are you talking about adding a material to a closed pline, so that the area surrounded by the pline renders with that material?

If so,  it doesn't work that way.  You could convert the closed pline to a REGION using the REGION conmmand, and apply a material to the resulting entity. 

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

welcome @forums.autodesk.com !

A polyline is not a 3D-object, and as long as it does not represent at least 3-dimensional faces it can't be rendered and if it can't be rendered it can't show materials.

If you assign a thickness to your polyline then there are renderable surfaces on the display and that will then give material effects (depending on the visual style you have activated).

If you have a closed polyline and you want to have it filled you can either use command _EXTRUDE to make a 3D-solid or e.g. _REGION (as mentioned by JGerth) or command _PLANESURF to get a surface (like) area that can represent a material in shaded modes.

HTH, - alfred -

[JDMather]

Attach your file here.

Perhaps you only need a Hatch pattern.

[ERook3147]

thnx all, with region the material appears.