2DSECTION hatch pattern control

[lukearh]

Hello,

Does anyone knows how to have the same representation for components in 2DSECTION as in PLAN? 

How to control hatch patterns in 2DSECTION? I managed to get the colors to show according to material settings, but the hatch pattern does not change. 

I attached 2 photos with the settings I use.

I searched for similar topics and found some , but I couldn figure a solution.

Thank you!

[David_W_Koch]

Did you refresh the 2D Section/Elevation object after making the last changes to the Material Definition?

If so, and there is still a difference, can you post a sample file that shows the discrepancy?  If I set the Plan and Section hatches in a Material Definition to the same pattern and scale, I get the same results in a Plan view of a Wall and a 2D Section of the same Wall, using the out-of-the-box Standard 2D Section/Elevation Style with the out-of-the-box Section-Elev Display Representation Set (all US Imperial content).

[lukearh]

Yes I did refresh. It does not work. I attached the file: "Wall ex".

I tried what you said, on another computer a new file worked. But it does not work with solid hatches. Also attached the file: "Drawing 1".

So all that means that either the file either the section style is damaged, but I don't know what.

Thank you.

[David_W_Koch]

I took a quick look at your file, and see the issue, but have not sorted out why it is doing that.  I will keep looking, as time permits.

I can note that the 2D Section/Elevation function does not work with Solid hatch, only "lined" hatches.

[David_W_Koch · Accepted solution]

I found the reason for the "problem".  Your Wall ex.dwg file is using the High Detail Display Configuration, and you only set up your New Material Material Definition with an override for the General High Detail Display Representation.  The settings you made there are getting applied to the Wall Display, including the 0.02 scale factor on the ANSI31 Plan Hatch.

The 2D Section Elevation Object was generated using the Section-Elev Display Representation Set.  In that Set, the active Display Representation for Material Definitions is General Medium Detail.  So, for the New Material Material Definition, the Drawing Default settings are used, which, for Plan Hatch, is user single pattern with a 0.30 spacing and a 45 degree angle.

In my test file, both the Wall in plan view and the 2D Section/Elevation were done using the General Medium Detail Display Representation for Material Definitions, which is why the hatch looked the same in both.

If you want to generate 2D Section/Elevations and have the settings match the Plan Hatches when seen in the High Detail Display Configuration, you may want to duplicate the Section_Elev Display Representation Set (call in Section_Elev High Detail, perhaps) and change the active Display Representation for Material Definitions to General High Detail.  Then use that as the Display Set when generating the 2D Section/Elevations.  That is what I did in the attached file, which is your file, with the noted changes.

[lukearh]

Thank you very much for clearing it up for me. 

I also got to see for myself that the changes made to General Medium Detail Display Representation were the ones took in consideration when creating the section. Curious though, the color changes made in General High Detail Display Representation affects the section created with the Section-Elev Display Representation Set that uses General Medium Detail for Material Definitions (but not the hatch pattern) - so here was the confusion.

I tried to check both boxes for Medium and High active Display Representation in order to get the section to change according to change of the Display Configuration but it doesn't seem to work. 

I very much appreciate your help, and I got to understand some things that I was not very much familiar with before.

Thank you.