There have been a few comments on solid fill walls in earlier posts but in reference to other issues.
Here is what I wanted to do: make my solid fill walls dark gray instead of intense pure black. Help file explains how very well....but the program does not work as described...or I'm doing something wrong?
Solid fill on/off as a global setting (drawing aids) works OK...either all are solid black or not...fine.
But regardless of global setting or h/w acceleration setting (HA seems to make no difference...and it should not)....when I set the individual wall solid fill on/off regardless of color such as dark gray I chose....the setting is ignored.
Other wall settings take effect such as wall thickness...I've switched between 4" and 6" just fine.
I also tried setting the solid fill as gray in the catalog materials before inserting...but get exactly the same behaviors.
SO....is your experience the same or am I doing something wrong or do we have a BUG here?
Hi Doug
This will work for me:
1: chose this parameter
2: Make sure that enabled is checked
3: double click on the colour bare
4: choose your colour
Then close the properties
This will give you the colour for the filled wall
/robban
Doug,
Roberts instructions should work - maybe you are not selecting 2D Structure first and have not set the enabled on in the Settings area. Both boxes must be ticked, Settings and the Properites.
Allan
Wow, thanks to you both...that was "it", I tried making the choices of color change...and it let me, tho the result did not work...
UNLESS you first click on the "2D structure" item
Bad programming in my mind...the "solid fill" choices should be "grayed out" unless the "2D structure" is selected.
Oh well, another "quirk" to remember....and at least it does work.
Thanks for your help!!
Another WOW...did more solid fill changes....and for each selection in "components" column...the solid fill color changes back to black...or whatever color you change it to....but the solid color does not change...its the color set in "2D structure"......
Either that is a GUI error or there is more going on I don't understand....maybe those colors show up somewhere else???????