AutoCAD Architecture - Door opening - small directional arrow while creating hatches

[mickeforsberg]

Hello,

I make simple floor plans and I just started using Architecture because I like how it creates walls and doors a bit more seemlessly than AutoCAD. 

I save the floor plan and open it up in AutoCAD where I do the rest of my work. 

I create hatches in every room and I noticed while hatching that it creates a small directional arrow on each door opening that is otherwise invisible.

How can I delete these arrows? I tried following a solution from a different thread but I couldn't find the settings.

[ The subject line of this post has been edited for clarity by @handjonathan Original: Door opening - small directional arrow while creating hatches ]

[ArnoldHoogenboom]

Sounds like it's defining the arrow as a boundary. Have you tried using spaces for your hatches? Spaces may not get stuck where your default hatches will because they don't see certain objects as objects that define spaces.

If you're used to the door and wall stuff you could rather easily get used to the spaces. just select the hatch you want in the plan view. 

You can then use space tags to display whatever property you want, sq m/perimeter and with formulas you can even display dynamic demands for daylight/ventilation if you have them in your country. Also the generate space tool will save you some time.

If you like you can attach a dwg.

[mickeforsberg]

Hello Arnold,

No I haven't heard of Spaces yet, but it sounds like something I could use. I'm not even sure what the "plan view" is.

Yes, I would like that if you could. Thank you!

Edit: I seem to have misread your last sentence. I'll attach the file in question.

[dbroad]

I suggest you not use hatches with ACA objects. The space suggestion is good.  Are you trying to create flooring patterns?

[mickeforsberg]

I'll elaborate my workflow. We create fire alarm drawings for the fire department and often we get old floor plans on paper from which I create a simple floor plan in AutoCAD (doesn't have to be architectually correct) Basically just walls and doors with the correct measurements is fine. Named spaces with area measurements are not needed, and should not even be present on these drawings.
I have done this with AutoCAD polylines up until now but since Architecture is available with the subscription I played around for a bit and found the wall and door tools to be convenient.

So I've so far only made a simple floor plan to try it out. The hatches (solid) basically represent the coverage of the smoke detectors etc and every room that's covered should be colored in different colors. Although the hatches are annoying, randomly being put above other objects, they are working pretty well with my basic geometry polylines since I can just use "pick points".

It also worked well with the Architecture-created drawing, with the exception of the directional arrows being seen as geometry, even though I can't see it myself.

[ArnoldHoogenboom]

These are space styles

When you're in a space style, double click plan.

Under the tab "hatching" you can select a hatch for your space.

Then:

In this case i've used "base hatch" as an example, you can select a color for the hatch under layer/color/linetype and then the hatch.

learn the space tool is my advice.

If you don't need named spaces then you don't need any more explanation than what's readily available online for spaces. it's better to use the spaces because they work with your AEC objects and don't get stuck with every line, hatch, background mask or else. If you've modeled the room correctly with walls and doors/windows/DWA/CWU then the "generate space" should work in a lot of cases. I've had some trouble with roof slabs. 

I've seen a lot of drafters work in the way you explain, not wanting to get into the ACA project browser. It's not strange considering you suddenly have to learn a lot more about ACA.

[rwrightWMDSY]

Are you creating a polyline border but something in the drawing (in this case probably in the door block) interferes with the hatch pattern fully filling that polyline?  When you place the hatch pattern into the drawing are you just picking a spot inside the polyline or are you using the Select Object option and picking the polyline?  If it's the latter, the hatch pattern should ignore everything else.