Why are elevation view lines displaying horizontally instead of vertically?

[rickkhardy]

Hello all,

As the title mentions, my model is displaying the objects material lines vertically which is correct but in the elevation views it displays the lines horizontally. 

I'm thinking this has to do with the style but I am uncertain of what I need to change to correct this.  Any help would be appreciated. 

Thank you.

[David_W_Koch]

Check the Material Definition.  If you started with an out-of-the-box Material Definition that had horizontal siding, you may have rotated the render image (or substituted one that had vertical orientation), but may not have changed the hatch to be vertical.

[rickkhardy]

Thank you for your response.  

Perhaps I am doing this wrong, but I right click on the material in the Tool Palette > Material Styles > in Style Manager select the material under Material Definitions > Select Display Properties > on Hatching tab set Angle to 0. 

But this does not change the appearance, the lines still show up as vertical.  To be honest I struggle with understanding the Style Manager/Display Manager settings.  

[David_W_Koch · Accepted solution]

@rickkhardy 

I thought you wanted them to be vertical.

Usually, an angle of 0 is to the right on the screen, which would be horizontal in an elevation.  An angle of 90 would be vertical.

There is an out-of-the-box vertical wood siding material in the US Imperial content, but that has a custom hatch (Roofing-Siding_Wood_Vertical) that is defined with vertical lines, so the angle in the properties remains 0.  If the pattern is User-Defined, then 0 would be horizontal and 90 would be vertical.

[rickkhardy]

Thank you! 

That wasn't my exact fix but that at least pointed me in the right direction. 

I changed the Surface Hatch pattern to Roofing-Siding_Metal_Ribbed.

The Style Manager/Display Manager is a perplexing world that hopefully one day I will understand.