Image Fills can be used as
•Drafting fills; or
•Cover fills, applicable to a Roof, Slab or Mesh.
The Image fill lets you use images as the foreground part of Drafting fills or Cover fills.
By default, ARCHICAD provides two Image fills as Attributes, but you can define your own.
1.Go to Options > Element Attributes > Fill Types.
2.Click New.
3.In the Add New Fill dialog box, choose Image fill.
4.The Fill Types dialog box appears. In the Availability and Screen only Pattern Panel, define the new Image fill as either Drafting or Cover fill.
5.In the Fill Texture Panel, click the Load Image button to bring up a library directory dialog box. Browse for the desired image and click OK to load it.
6.In the Sample field, set the number of texture units displayed in the Preview.
7.Use the Image Size controls to fine-tune the size and pattern of your Image fill.
Keep Original Proportion: Check this box if you want to link the Horizontal and Vertical Size values so that the image is not distorted when editing its size.
Angle: Enter an angle if you want to rotate the image pattern from the horizontal.
8.Choose a Mirroring Method to set up the repeating patterns within your Image fill.
9.To determine the relationship between fills and project scale, use the two radio buttons:
•Scale with plan (Model size): Use this option to ensure that the current Fill type will be displayed at the same scale as the model on every output.
Note: Avoid editing a scaled fill type if the project scale is different than that of the fill type, as it will be distorted.
•Scale-independent (Paper size): Use this option to display, plot and print the current fill type definition at a fixed size, regardless of output scale.
10.Click OK to save the newly created fill as a project attribute.