How do I make White Board and Batten more visible in 3D perspective.

[KurtVds]

Have an issue making the white board and batten look good in 3d perspective. Very gray  and no definition to battens. Tips on how to clear that up please

[joey_martin]

Make the battens using the material region tool.

 

[joey_martin]

[SHCanada2]

there is a video on this somewhere if you search with the different methods. I followed it after having the same issue, and then it looks like joey's

 

[Alaskan_Son]

4 most effective methods in no particular order:

Material Regions

Polyline solids

An exterior framing layer in your wall definition

Molding lines

...or some combination thereof.

 

They each have their ups and downs.  Material regions for example require very little exactness since they automatically cut for windows and doors and won't display beyond the wall polyline, but as with most automated features, their behaviors in this regard can also cause some goofy problems from time to time, particularly at outside corners, at abnormal wall intersections/overlaps, or where you actually want the battens to extend beyond the wall polyline.  Polyline solids on the other hand offer a lot more freedom but are obviously going to be a bit more time consuming.  3D Molding Lines are similar to polyline solids in that they are a bit more time consuming but they also have some added benefits like the ability to add a profile and the ability to create more complex path's a bit easier.  Adding a framing layer to your walls is one of the most automatic methods but also typically requires quite a bit of editing to get it looking right.  Pick your poison depending on the specifics of your project, preferred workflow, and on which tools you're most proficient with.

[Kbird1]

58 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

An exterior framing layer in your wall definition

 

Still works just fine ....... been doing it that way since X9 but haven't tried in X13 , but materials regions didn't used to like Exterior Corners.

 

https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/16852-board-and-batten-library/?tab=comments#comment-141647

 

[DrewFenton]

On 8/30/2021 at 12:54 PM, joey_martin said:

Joey---do you have the batten material shown here available?  I am embarrassed but can't see how to create such a material to use as a Material Region. 

[joey_martin]

It's not a material. I used the material region tool and drew them manually. Set the "region" to 2"w x 3/4" thick and multiple copy them.

[DrewFenton]

Thank you---I'll give it a shot.