Display of Zones in Section

For updated logic in Zone display: Make sure the checkbox at Options > Project Preferences > Legacy is off.


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Default Display of Zones

 

Cut section display

Uncut section display

Floor plan (Symbolic)

Category Color

Category Color

Section/Elevation/Interior Elevation

Category Color

Surface

3D Document

Category Color

Surface

3D window + cutaway

Surface

Surface
Figure 1. Section - cut default (Category color)
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Figure 2. Elevation - uncut default (Surface)
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Set Transparency of Cut Zones in Section

If you have a cut Zone in a Section, you can make it fully transparent by setting its surface transmittance parameter to a value of at least 50.

If the transmittance parameter is 49 or below, the Zone is opaque.

In a transparent Zone, the contours of objects will be displayed, but their colors are not affected.

Figure 3. Opaque Zone (transmittance value below 50)
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Figure 4. Transparent Zone (transmittance value above 50)
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Set Transparency of Uncut Zones

If you have an uncut Zone (e.g. in an Elevation or 3D view) , you can adjust its transparency using the surface transmittance parameter.

Any value over 0 makes the Zone transparent, but the transparency level varies depending on the transmittance value (a higher transmittance value makes the Zone increasingly transparent).

Figure 5. Uncut Zones - High Surface transmittance value
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Figure 6. Uncut Zones - Low Surface transmittance value
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Set Surface Transmittance for a Zone

  1. Select the Zone and open Zone Settings
  2. In the Model panel, check the name of the Surface.

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  3. Go to Options > Element Attributes > Surfaces to adjust the Transmittance level:

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Related Topic

Edit Zone Polygon