More of the Same

[Ron Ravenscroft]

Just ran into another problem. I not sure is it me or chief. Pony wall - top clapboards, bottom concrete. Wall dialog shows pony with the correct materials. Rendering shows clapboards top and bottom.

[Chiefdoggydogg]

did you try to go into elevation and drag the siding up? that has worked for me in the past.

[Ron Ravenscroft]

did you try to go into elevation and drag the siding up? that has worked for me in the past.

Thyanks for your input but that did not work either

[Rusty]

Maybe this will clear things up.....

[MikePreble1]

Is this wall a foundation wall?
Sometimes Chief has problems with them.
As for selecting the siding top pull it up, if you take a cross section view and right click on the wall, the first thing (default) selected is the room. Hit the tab key and you should see the wall, itself, with drag buttons. Then you can raise the siding face. (You may know this, but not seeing what you're doing, I can't tell what you know/don't know.)
Mike

[Dan Park]

It sounds like you used the material painter on the pony walls.

Watch this video, it explains how this works and how to handle the situation with a pony wall.

http://video.chiefarchitect.com/video/play/1044

[Thane Pearson]

Maybe this will clear things up.....

That's great, love it!

[Tommy Blair]

It sounds like you used the material painter on the pony walls.

Watch this video, it explains how this works and how to handle the situation with a pony wall.

http://video.chiefarchitect.com/video/play/1044

I would bet Dan is correct. I see so many people screw up the materials on the walls. Try selecting the wall in question, go to material tabs (for each wall) and set back to default. Open the wall types for the ponywall and set new materials in the wall dbx for each type of wall. I set all materials for walls in the wall dbx. If there is another wall that is the same wall type but different texture, then make a new wall type and assign whatever texture you need.

Oh yea, if that doesn't work, be sure you didn't assign a texture to the interior or exterior of the room. If so, put it back to the default.

[Ron Ravenscroft]

It sounds like you used the material painter on the pony walls.

Watch this video, it explains how this works and how to handle the situation with a pony wall.

http://video.chiefarchitect.com/video/play/1044

Thanks that is exactly what I did. Is that a bug or is it intended. Does not seem to be a goo route to go.

[Dan Park]

Thanks that is exactly what I did. Is that a bug or is it intended. Does not seem to be a goo route to go.

It's not a bug because it was designed to work this way. It could be classified as a bad design, perhaps, but it is what we have to work with right now.

We made some changes in X2 to make the material painter work better on walls but it still has a long way to go. The issue of paiting the exterior room or covering both upper and lower pony walls is a long standing problem going back many versions.

Watching the video explains how it works so you can get the result you want. If you think you know how it works from experience with previous versions you should still watch the video becasue it really explains the new functionality.

[Ron Ravenscroft]

It's not a bug because it was designed to work this way. It could be classified as a bad design, perhaps, but it is what we have to work with right now.

We made some changes in X2 to make the material painter work better on walls but it still has a long way to go. The issue of paiting the exterior room or covering both upper and lower pony walls is a long standing problem going back many versions.

Watching the video explains how it works so you can get the result you want. If you think you know how it works from experience with previous versions you should still watch the video becasue it really explains the new functionality.

Dan:

I have watched the video and then agree it is bad design and should be revisited. The design negates the reason for having a ponywall. I hope it is revisited very soon. Thanks for your help.

Ron