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    Default Painting walls in phases

    Hello

    So this is the situation:

    1. existing wall in phase EXISTING
    2. in phase NEW I need to paint it until half of its heigh.

    Split face - shows in EXISTING
    Thin wall incorporated in the existing wall will subtract existing wall in EXISTING
    Filled region covers 3d elements.

    Can someone post the best way of doing this because I sure can't figure it out.

    Thank you

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    Cool Re: Painting walls in phases

    One way would be to create a new "wall" that is actually only the New Paint.

    Make a new wall type called Paint Only--make it 1/16" thick.

    Place it against the existing wall in the New Phase.

    Make it half the height of the existing wall.

    Done.

    cheers..........

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    Default Re: Painting walls in phases

    Quote Originally Posted by f.ribeiro View Post
    Hello

    So this is the situation:

    1. existing wall in phase EXISTING
    2. in phase NEW I need to paint it until half of its heigh.

    Split face - shows in EXISTING
    Thin wall incorporated in the existing wall will subtract existing wall in EXISTING
    Filled region covers 3d elements.
    Painting does not work by phase. It is the same wall in both phases, so it is the same surface, etc. To change the "painted" materials you'd have to use Design Options.

    As for the filled regions, you could make them transparent, so 3D objects could show through.

    It is not really clear what you are trying to achieve, by "painting" the walls surfaces.

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    Default Re: Painting walls in phases

    If the thin wall is created in 2 fase and master wall in 1fase, i had no problem at all to get the solution you ask for.
    Last edited by fernando; 2009-01-21 at 06:46 PM. Reason: ad an atach

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    Default Re: Painting walls in phases

    An example.
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    Arrow Re: Painting walls in phases

    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Womack View Post
    Painting does not work by phase. It is the same wall in both phases, so it is the same surface, etc. To change the "painted" materials you'd have to use Design Options.

    As for the filled regions, you could make them transparent, so 3D objects could show through.

    It is not really clear what you are trying to achieve, by "painting" the walls surfaces.
    This is quite a pickle. I suppose you could imbed "Hidden" phases:

    Phase 1 ---> Existing wall
    Phase 1.1 ---> Demo that existing wall
    Phase 1.2 ---> Build the exact same wall again
    Phase 2 ----> Split face / Paint the wall

    This method is really, really clunky. Also, I've found that walls built on exactly the same locations across different Phases, can still effect each other in wall join conditions. On second thought... this idea sucks.

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    Default Re: Painting walls in phases

    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Womack View Post
    It is not really clear what you are trying to achieve, by "painting" the walls surfaces.
    I need to show that an existing wall will be painted as part of the works to be carried out.

    Quote Originally Posted by fernando View Post
    If the thin wall is created in 2 fase and master wall in 1fase, i had no problem at all to get the solution you ask for.
    Would it show both red and yellow overimposed ?(being red-NEW and yellow-DEMOLISHED)

    Thanks for all the replays.

    I'll have a go with design options to se how it works for me.

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    Default Re: Painting walls in phases

    Quote Originally Posted by f.ribeiro View Post
    Would it show both red and yellow overimposed ?(being red-NEW and yellow-DEMOLISHED)
    No, only the new thin wall will show red. If you don't touch (demolish) the existing wall, it's color won't be overridden.
    It's a stupid solution, but maybe it's the only solution.

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