Issue Description
In my roof plan, parapet walls that are positioned below the Floor Plan Cut Plane, and are displayed as transparent. I would like the wall to show with a fill instead.
How can I adjust this setting to ensure the walls appear correctly in the roof plan?
Solution
The Floor Plan Cut Plane determines at what height the model is cut to generate 2D viewpoints like plans. If your parapet walls are below the cut plane, they will appear transparent.
There are two ways to resolve this:
Method 1: Change floor plan cut plane height
A 2D plan view will only show Drafting Fills, Cover Fills, or Cut Fills. An uncut wall, by default, has none of these. So you need to cut the wall to be able to see its Cut fill.
- Go to Document >Floor Plan Cut Plane.
- Check the height of the cut plane relative to your parapet wall. If the parapet wall is below the cut plane, lower the cut plane height so that it cuts through the wall.
TIP: Floor plan cut plane settings are stored by View, so after making any change, make sure to use Redefine View with current window settings.
Method 2: Use graphic overrides
If you do not want to lower the Cut Plane to avoid further changes to what is displayed, you can alternatively use Graphic Overrides to control the appearance of these walls.
Make sure this wall, the parapet, is in its own layer so that we can distinguish it from other wall elements.
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Go to Document > Graphic Overrides > Graphic Override Combinations... and create a new Graphic Override combination.
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Select Manage Rules...
- Click on New to create a new rule, then add in the criteria that will isolate the parapet wall.
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Check the box for Fill type and select a fill, make sure to enable it for Cut Fills/Cover Fills and then click OK.
- Select the combination you made earlier, and click Add existing rule.
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Select select the rule you just created, and click OK to confirm your changes.
- The parapet walls should now display with a fill without editing the height of the Floor Plan Cut Plane.