Can't gray other layers in section viewport

[MKingsley]

I there any box I haven't checked here? I've double checked my settings in the OIP but it isn't happening.

One caveat: this was a file that started in 12.5, but it, I couldn't wait to test my recently upgraded version which is 2009, SP2 (build 99197).

[MKingsley]

All I said was D A M N.

[michaelk]

First - Great screen name.

What rendering mode are you trying? Hidden line might not show up as clearly as Final for Fast RW or Open GL.

michaelk

[MKingsley]

Yeah, it kind of feels like I'm talking to myself here..

Yes, it's Hidden Line, but I'd like it if the section plane was gray on the layers that I want grayed. May not be possible.

[michaelk]

You want two different colors on the section plane? ie red for 1st floor and blue for 2nd floor?

I think you can do that.

michaelk

[michaelk]

Or I should have said: gray on the first floor and not gray on the second.

[MKingsley]

Great. How pray tell? To be clear, I mean the lines created by the cutting plane of the section. I have "Separate Cross Sections" checked in the Attributes window of the Advanced Section Properties with no help. It doesn't help either if I override the class attributes of the wall being cut.

I can give the Section class gray attributes but that doesn't separate out the layers.

What I'm saying is the Viewport Layer Properties button in the OIP gives the option to gray separate layers in the Section Viewport but nothing is changing on my file when I click the Gray option for a certain layer. Should it? Making layers invisible works.

Thanks for your help.

[michaelk]

Just to be sure - and excuse the bad tables and chairs example - which of these are you trying to do?

michaelk

[MKingsley]

Yes, the first and second ones are what I want where the lines created by the sectioning plane are grayed and I assume they are on different layers.

By the way, where did you get those table and chairs?

[michaelk]

Michael

I did a little experiment with walls & floors & roofs. I had to cheat on the roof a little.

It's based on a v12 workaround for getting multiple rendering modes in one rendering.

1st create new classes with the attributes you want for the section cuts.

Cut a section and duplicate it. The attached example has 3 layers, so it is duplicated 3 times.

Edit the layer options for each duplicate so only one layer is visible in each section.

In the Advanced Properties... edit box you can select the section class for each layer.

I made the tables and chairs.

hth

the other michaelk

[MKingsley]

Thanks for all your help Michael. That's just too much working around the issue for this instance.

Unless this is a bug, I'm going to jump this question over to the wish list forum, unless anyone from VW can add anything here....?

[michaelk]

I don't think its a bug. I think it's behaving as expected.

While I've never tried to do this exact section class splitting before, I've found this general approach to be very useful for other things.

I use the multiple stacked viewport trick at least once on most drawings. Once you get used to it, I find it actually saves time. For example, if you have a complicated, time consuming (slow rendering) element of a section view, you can split it onto its own VP and you don't have to keep rendering it with each update.

the other michaelk