Model View Options Override Fill Display

To access this panel, go to Document > Set Model View > Model View Options.

For general information, see Model View Options.

This panel is divided into five parts, each controlling one aspect of 2D fill display throughout the project:

•Fill background color

•Cut Fills (including the “Cut Fill - Building Material” category)

•Cover Fills

•Drafting Fills

•Zone Fills

Override Fill Background Color: Check this box to override element-level fill background definitions. Choose one of the two fill background options to control the display of the backgrounds of the following element components in the project:

•Fill backgrounds

•Text box background color

•Zone category color

Note that your choices here will override any other Background preference you set for fills in the rest of this panel of the dialog box.

•Transparent background: This option will give all fills in the project a transparent background, regardless of the elements’ individual settings. (Foregrounds only will be displayed.)

•Window Background Color: This option will give all fills in the project a background identical to the background color of the ArchiCAD window.

Note: Fills defined (in Fill Settings) with Transparent or Window Background are not affected by this override option.

Override Cut Fills: Check this box to override cut fill definitions. Choose one of these two options to define the display of all cut fills in the project.

•No Fill: Cut fills will not be displayed, except for their contour lines.

•Solid Foreground: Each cut fill will be shown in a single solid color, the one set for its cut fill pen in its element settings.

•Show Skin Separator Lines: Check this box to display separator lines of composite elements.

Override Drafting Fills: Check this box to override element-level drafting fill definitions. Choose one of these two options to define the display of drafting fills:

•No Fill: Drafting fills will not be displayed, except for their contour lines.

•Solid Foreground: Each drafting fill will be shown in a single solid color, the one set as its foreground color in Fill Settings.

Override Cover Fills: Check this box to override element-level cover fill definitions.

Note: This option does not apply to Zone cover fills! To override Zone fill definitions, use the Override Zone fills checkbox.

Choose one of the three options to define the display of cover fills:

•No Fill: Cover fills will not be displayed, except for their contour lines.

•Solid Foreground: Each cover fill will be shown in a single solid color, the one set for its cover fill pen in its element settings.

•Solid Background: Each cover fill will be shown in a single solid color, the one set as its cover fill background pen in its elements settings.

Note: Override Fill Background Color options will take precedence over this choice.

Override Zone Fills: Check this box to override the zone cover fills defined in Zone Settings (if any). Click the pop-up to choose an option to define the display of all zones in the project.

•Category Background: Click this option to display zone fill backgrounds using the colors assigned to their categories (in Options > Element Attributes > Zone Categories). The foreground of the zone fill, if any, will also be displayed.

Note: Override Fill Background Color options will take precedence over this choice.

•No Fill: Zone fills will not be displayed, except for their contours.

•Hide Background: The background of Zone fills will not be displayed; the foreground pattern (if any) is shown.

•Solid Foreground: Zones are displayed in a solid color: the color of the foreground fill pattern.

•Solid Category: Zones are displayed in a solid color: its category color as assigned in Options > Element Attributes > Zone Categories. No foreground pattern is shown.

•Solid Background: Zones are displayed in a solid color: the color of the background fill pattern. No foreground pattern is shown.

Note: Override Fill Background Color options will take precedence over this choice.

•Hide Pattern: Zone cover fills are displayed in a solid color: the cover fill background. If no zone cover fill has been applied, then the zone will be displayed with its solid category color.

Hide Zone Stamp: Check this box to if you do not wish to display Zone Stamps.