Wall graphics - Material priority? Bring to Front.

Wall graphics - Material priority? Bring to Front.

CES_MIKE
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Wall graphics - Material priority? Bring to Front.

CES_MIKE
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Short version: Trim/Extend to corner of walls overrides graphics (hatch) of the structural wall. 

 

It's easier to visualize than describe. See attached PDF with comments.

 

Let's see if I can expand on this.

We typically use concrete (Tunnel Wall) systems. In doing so, we will lay ou tthe structure of the building and send that off to the Engineer so he can get started. It kees the model clean, easy to work with while we load up the model with the interiors. While applying various interior wall styles/types, we often get undesirabe graphic output. Portions of our structural walls are 'covered' at various intersections, points of clean-up, etc... One such example is attached.

 

How do we override the graphics and force the "concrete" walls to maintain their graphic priority over other (framed) walls? So far, we are having to create even more wall styles and adding multiple pieces to avoid this graphic issue.

 

Help.... Thanks!

 

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barthbradley
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Hard to see what the "true" condition is from that Section.   Can you post the file?  

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CES_MIKE
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IT's got to be in the file settings somewhere... When I paste it into a new "Architectural Template" it comes out almost correct. See below:

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CES_MIKE
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Here's the copy/paste of the walls into the OOTB Architectural Template. Issue isn't as bad here. Weird. 

 

 

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barthbradley
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Doesn't Join Geometry do the trick? You can Switch Join Order if need be.  

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CES_MIKE
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I have the concrete walls set "not to join"...
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barthbradley
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You can still Join.  

 

...just to be clear, you can use Join Geometry Tool on Walls that are disallowing Auto-Join.  

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CES_MIKE
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Join geometry isnt fixing it. Even playing with join order does nothing... 

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barthbradley
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CES_MIKE
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Here's what I'm having to do in order for this to display properly. You can see all the extra wall geometry I'm using. Takes WAY to much time dealing with this graphic issue. All of the part/pieces at the top to create the bottom result. 

 

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CES_MIKE
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In ACA , I'd just put the concrete walls in their own clean-up group, and then could "bring to front" if I needed.

 

ACA - Autocad Architecture.... sorry.

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barthbradley
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So, what you're telling me is that this screenshot is not right?  

 

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ToanDN
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Like this?

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CES_MIKE
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Bingo..!!!
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ToanDN
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@CES_MIKE wrote:
Bingo..!!!

Join geometry with proper order.  Nothing special.

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CES_MIKE
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wow... CLEARLY I dont know how to use that tool.... Back to the tutorials/lessons. 😕
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ToanDN
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ToanDN
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Screencast.  

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CES_MIKE
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GOTCHA! THANKS SOOOOO MUCH!!

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ToanDN
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I fixed the screencast.  See above.

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