HELP ! How do you insert colored background in section view?

[Richard McCarthy]

How do you make colored background in elevation and section view?
The method I am using right now is to draw an ENORMOUS WALL at the back of the view, and fill it with a color (eg. blue for sky). Another method would be to use Fill Region but it's method I don't want to get into as it would require to trace a very complicated outline of buildings...

Another thing, if I use the "enormous wall" method, when printing, I cannot get it print out properly either. The "background" wall would be mysteriously cropped at the roof the building, which is not what I have specify in the view crop. (I have extended quite a lot to show bits of the "blue sky" above)

Any help would be gladly appreciated on this one !! :D

[beegee]

In a sheet view, drop a jpg over the elevation. The model will show in front of the background jpg.

[PeterJ]

Wasn't this question asked and answered last week?

The jpg can also be dropped into the sheet view and stretched around so that you can have a shaded with edge view work about right as a contextual elevation.

[Richard McCarthy]

GREAT~!!!! I have been puzzling with this "difficult" question for a few days now, biting my fingers off over this :)

THANKS Beegee, I owe you atleast couple of rounds of beer!! Where you do work I will sent you a dozen!

[Richard McCarthy]

Hi Peter,
yeh, I ask the same question last week actually, but the answers I got wasn't the solution.....





Wasn't this question asked and answered last week?

The jpg can also be dropped into the sheet view and stretched around so that you can have a shaded with edge view work about right as a contextual elevation.

[Richard McCarthy]

I might add that Beegee's method can only work with Raster Processing when printing. Vector processing and the background WILL SHOW THROUGH.

[beegee]

I might add that Beegee's method can only work with Raster Processing when printing. Vector processing and the background WILL SHOW THROUGH.

True, but raster is not such a biggie ?

[Richard McCarthy]

Nah, not really ;)... just incase anyone found that this method don't work... it's vector processing in the printing tab that's making the nuisance.. turn to Raster and everything will be fine.