Hi,
I turned on fill in View Settings because an opaque shaded area I placed was not showing its fill, nor was it letting me turn it on in Element Properties. Fine, that much worked. But now every time I place a closed SmartLine it creates an opaque fill. Then I have to select every one, go to properties, remove its fill.
Is there a setting that I can use so that fill is not automatically created for closed SmartLines, shapes, whatever? Or is all that extra work normal?
thanks.
Timothy Hickman
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Hi David, Next to Tim's suggestion: Instead of using a Datapoint (Left Mouse Click) to close the shape and accept whatever the current setting for the closed area is, you can also place a Tentative Snap using your mouse at that point that would close the shape. When you have not changed your mouse buttons, you should press your Left and Right mouse button at the same time when your crosshair is close/on the point where the shape closes. By doing so, the SmartLine Tool Settings window will expand with the additional settings for the closed area and you will be able to make the changes you need. Once you have set the area type, fill type, etc. you can just use a Datapoint (Left Mouse Click) anywhere in your view to complete the shape. hth Henk
Don't forget that if you want to change the fill of an existing closed shape, all you need is the Change Element Fill Type tool.
If you change the Fill settings here it will go across all the tools from that point until you change it somewhere.
I Hope This Helps Someone Reading This! (Intergraph>PseudoStation>MicroStation user since 1980's)