Hiding window in top plan view

[Mike_Borean]

I have a gable wall which I fit to roof. High up in the wall in inserted a cased window opening that I wanted to represent a gable end vent. In top/plan view, this gable vent opening shows up. I played with the settings trying to make it dissapear. Unable to figure it out, I cheated. The opening settings were adjsted to make the lines very narrow. A rectangle was drawn over the opening in the wall class and then this rectangle was filled with the same hatch as the wall.

Its not that I have a problem with cheating, just looking for an easier way.

Any ideas?

[mike m oz]

The better way to do it is to split your wall horizontally. At floor level have the normal wall with the top of the wall horizontal. Then on the roof layer use a separate wall for the gable infill.

[Tom G.]

Or make the vent (window) into a clerestory (via the Object Info palette) which creates a little H shape to denote the unit which might not be too objectionable. Or create a class and hide the vents by turning them off on your Top/Plan sheets (via the Object Info palette again) but leaving them on in most other instances.

T.