• ODB Drawing production - Filled colour on faces

    Hello, I'm trying to get an opaque colour fill on faces of 3D elements in a drawing. For example a concrete wall which should just show up grey. How can I do this? I found this tutorial about setting up geometry maps for patterns: Using Geometry…

  • Creating and Applying Display Style Rules to Elements

    Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Drawing Views Problem Description: How to create and apply a Display Style Rule to elements in OpenBuildings Designer. Steps to Accomplish…

  • Are cached references automatically not filled?

    Hi, I was wondering if cached references could be filled? I have this reference, and while set to dynamic, it is filled, but the moment I switch the reference to cached, it drops the fill. Is there any way to leave it on. The display style of the…

  • Using Display Rules to Indicate Wall Fire Ratings

    Product: OpenBuildings Designer Version: CONNECT Edition Area: Customization Subarea: Display Rule The Situation Do you need to quickly review the wall fire ratings in your model? …

  • How to color code structure elements by floor using Display Rules and Display Styles?

    Hi I am newbie in OBD so may be this is a silly question: How could I color code structure elements by floor using Display Rules and Display Styles? Am I wrong or there is no way to associate/links elements to floors? The only way I found to do…

  • Room Names not visible on Background Plan

    Product(s): OpenBuildings Energy Simulator Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Troubleshooting and Errors Overview Some of the graphics on your background plan may become obscured due to your selected display style…

  • Do you want to improve the look of shadows in your display styles?

    Do you want to improve the look of shadows in your display styles using solar lighting? There is a setting in the lighting manager dialog that will drastically improve the look of shadows. To make the change, open the Light Manager(v8i menu: Settings…

  • RE: SECTION

    As well as the Reference > Adjust Colors method suggested by Gerard, you could also create a display style that applied an override colour. If the display style is created in a DGNLIB that is available to your project (or whole company), it could be used…

  • Aecosim BD SS5 display style query

    Hi, Is there a variable or other way to have the hidden edges in your display styles pick up Autocad linestyles as well as the DGN linestyles? My problem is that although we are using Aeocism Building designer for our modelling and extracted views…

  • RE: Display Style Config Variables

    Mark, I believe that you can use a capability mask to prevent users from editing Display Styles in the active DGN. To do this try adding the following configuration: _USTN_CAPABILITY < -CAPABILITY_DISPLAY_STYLE_EDITING This won't Update From Library…

  • Re: Building views / fill not visible

    DGammie: Try changing the back view display style to wireframe Good catch! If you take a typical plan BV and rotate it to an isometric angle, you'll see that the Cut, Forward and Back graphics fall at their actual elevations - middle, bottom…
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