Assign a Cover Fill

Cover fills can be applied to Beams, Columns, Slabs, Meshes, Roofs, Shells, Openings, Morphs and Zones.

For all of these element types except Zones:

1. Go to the Floor Plan and Section panel of its Settings (or click Floor Plan and Section button in the Info Box.)
2. Check the Cover Fills box.

   
   
   

3. Click the Cover Fill parameter pop-up to access the list of available fills, and choose the desired fill.
   Note: Only Fills defined as Cover Fills in Options > Element Attributes > Fills are available here.
   • Use Fill from Surface: Check this to use the surface of the element’s Building Material instead.
4. Using the cover fill controls that follow:
   • Choose Pen and Background attributes for the Cover Fill.
   • Use the Cover Fill Orientation parameter to define the orientation of the fill pattern.

     See Set Orientation of Vector or Symbol Fill Patterns.

For Zones:

1. Activate the “Cover Fill” button in Zone Settings (Floor Plan panel) by clicking it.

   
   
   

2. Click the fill name or icon to access the list of available fills, and choose the desired fill from the pop-up list.
3. Choose a radio button to define the orientation of the fill pattern.
4. If the Zone’s surface has a Cover fill, you have the option to display that instead: Check Use Fill from Surface.

   See Set Orientation of Vector or Symbol Fill Patterns.