Skip_D Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Hi, Is there a way to supress the outer layer of a wall, or roof, in elevations? My 2d elevations look too busy with cedar siding and roof shingles; I'd rather it not show, or if it does, with a much lighter line weight or light gray. thanks, George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_Gibson Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 How you tried converting the elevation to CAD using the "CAD Detail from View" command? Then you can delete anything you'd like. Alternately, you could create walls or roofs without the surfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PitMan71 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Hey skip How I would do this.... Copy the material definition to your user catalog and rename it something to dilineate it from the original. Once this is done you can then open nd edit the material definition. Once in the editor, the top panel is "Pattern". Under the pattern section, change it from hatch (or whatever it is set to) to "no pattern". This should keep the image in the 3d viewer while suppressing the hatch texture. Give this a go and see if its what you were needing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tundra_dweller Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 You can also toggle all the material patterns on or off in 3D views. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb222 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 1 hour ago, Skip_D said: Hi, Is there a way to supress the outer layer of a wall, or roof, in elevations? My 2d elevations look too busy with cedar siding and roof shingles; I'd rather it not show, or if it does, with a much lighter line weight or light gray. thanks, George If you're talking about how your elevations look in layout, personally I prefer using plot lines and setting the edge lines to black, and the pattern lines to a thinner gray. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 I prefer elevations sent to layout as plot lines and then when in layout, the pattern lines set to 1 and color gray not black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tundra_dweller Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Yep I like to use the same method as Chris & Gene. Sometimes for basic prelim versions I will toggle off all the patterns in elevation views when we aren't sure of materials yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip_D Posted October 3 Author Share Posted October 3 Thank you everyone; this has been very helpful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PitMan71 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 6 minutes ago, Skip_D said: Thank you everyone; this has been very helpful! I agree. even I learned some things.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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