Filters, filled regions and colour schemes...

[Keith_Wilkinson]

Before I stick this over in the idea forum I just want to be sure I'm not missing something.

Please see the image below - the section of roof on the left has been coloured using a filter and VG overrides.  When this is applied the pattern of the roof is lost as 'solid fill' has to be used.  This is a problem if the pattern is also being used for informative purposes.  Perhaps a better example of this would be a ceiling where you want to colour types but keep the tile grid.

The section of roof on the right has a filled region applied to it and with this there is a the option to make the background transparent thus keeping the fill pattern, but this isn't a great solution as the region is essentially a separate object that requires manual updating.

so am i missing something here?

(btw I'm not looking for a workaround, I have one of those already).

[dzanta]

I think it would be logical and nice to have a type property parameter for shading the roof similar to coarse fill region or allow the fill region to be not just coarse but medium and fine as well.

[RDAOU]

@Keith_Wilkinson

Im not sure I got this right... you are suggesting to split the option of solid fill from cut patterns?

the same issue with the walls/floors and all system families  when one wants them (when cut) to be solid filled red + a crosshatch pattern as well one needs to go through material! Cuz the solid fill being a cut patterns is useless lol

if that is the case... put it in and i vote it up 🙂 many colleagues at the office would to