Coonect - Element template hatch

Hi,

We are having a problem with AECOsim Connect and getting the hatch and fill from element templates to work in the dynamic views. There are a couple of things we don't understand:

1) In the element templates there is a long list of pattern cells to use for hatch, but it's not clear where are they coming from. Which library is being used?

2) First the hatch wasn't appearing, so we took the cell that was designated in the template, and used it randomly in the model. After that, the hatch worked, which makes me think that probably the cell library wasn't active in the beginning.

3) We repeated the process but this second time it didn't work. So now we are thinking maybe we didn't use the correct cell library, or maybe the same cell is repeated in multiple libraries which is preventing the template to work properly. 

We are using the original Connect edition, and we didn't apply any parts or anything AECOsim related. 

Any thoughts?

  • Found out! We actually have to use the corresponding cell somewhere in the model as a hatch, and place it somewhere in the model, in order for it to become active and work properly in the element templates. It's not enough to simply place the cell, or activate it. 

    Any idea if this is fixed in the latest updates?

  • Hi Pedro,

    I see this behaviour too, I'll look into this.

    Regards

    Marc

  • The current (MicroStation platform) behavior is that the pattern cell must be shared with the active file for it to show up when the DV is created. As the result of this is that the function appears not to be working I am filing a defect

    To get around this you can do any of the following:

    1. In the cell dialog select the pattern cell that you know you will need and click the 'Import Cell Definition' icon in the toolbar, like the Share button in the V8i Cell dialog, this only works for individual cells not for selections of cells.
    2. Do this in your seed file to make the cells available for future work.
    3. In ABD, add parts that use the patterns you want. When ABD opens a file it scans the active dataset for patterns used by part cut definitions and copies the cell definitions into the file. (This does not mean that you need to use the part, it just makes the cells available to all files and hence to the Element Templates that will use them.)

    I hope these suggestions help in the immediate future.

    Regards

    Marc

    Answer Verified By: Pedro Serra