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02-17-2014, 12:28 PM #1
Invisible material for walls, and the vector views
I made a wall invisible, not by designating it as such in the wall spec dialog under GENERAL> OPTIONS, but by making its material as INSULATION>Opening (no material).
Vector views show it as opaque white, not invisible.
Is there another material I should be using to make the wall invisible in vector view?Gene Davis
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02-17-2014, 12:44 PM #2
Gene,
Any 100% transparent material (Insulation-Air Gap is one) will be invisible in in Perspective Views but not in Orthographic Views. The only way I know of making that happen is to place the object on a special layer that you can turn off.Joseph P. Carrick, Architect - AIA
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02-17-2014, 01:04 PM #3
Thanks, Joe. What I have found to work, sort of, for elevation views, is to use the DELETE SURFACE tool on the offending wall, and that the view, if sent to layout , turns out as one would want.
What I am doing is burying storefront inside such a wall, and want the storefront to show in elevations.Gene Davis
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02-17-2014, 02:24 PM #4
I use a Panel Railing Wall for Storefronts. I create an opening in the normal wall the sized of the storefront and then just move the Storefront Railing Wall into place.
That basically eliminates all the problems you are encountering.Joseph P. Carrick, Architect - AIA
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02-17-2014, 05:36 PM #5
Thanks, Joe, but that may not give me the specifics I seek here. See attached.
I attached a scrubbed file of it with the symbol-wall inside the pony wall.Gene Davis
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02-17-2014, 07:41 PM #6Member-Cliff Cain
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02-17-2014, 07:56 PM #7D. Scott Hall (The Bridge Troll)
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02-17-2014, 08:10 PM #8Joseph P. Carrick, Architect - AIA
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02-17-2014, 08:21 PM #9
Nuts, where has Cliff been the last 5 years, thanks Cliff.
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02-17-2014, 08:24 PM #10Member-Cliff Cain
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Thanks Joe & Scott. FWIW, "Area" will calculate material to the Materials List, whereas "Gap" doesn't.
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02-18-2014, 07:10 AM #11
Thanks, Cliff. Who'd a thunk it?
This is a very useful discovery.Gene Davis
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02-18-2014, 07:35 AM #12Member-Cliff Cain
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You're welcome Gene.
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