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Displaying Objects

There are two broad categories of objects in Fill styles may be a solid color or a pattern,
Chief Architect: architectural objects and and can be specified as transparent. See “Fill
CAD objects. See “Architectural vs CAD Style Panel” on page 315.
Objects” on page 166.
Many architectural objects can also be
CAD objects are 2D and display only in the assigned a fill style; however, it is only used
view in which they were drawn. in floor plan view. In 3D views, architectural
Architectural objects, on the other hand, are objects are represented using surfaces that
3D and are represented in 2D and 3D views have materials assigned to them.
in different ways
Patterns and Textures
Layer Settings
The appearance of architectural objects in 3D
By default, CAD and CAD-based objects use views is determined by the materials applied
the settings assigned to their layer: including to the objects’ surfaces. See “Materials” on
line style, color, and weight. They can also page 1011.
be assigned custom line attributes in their Material patterns display in Technical
specification dialogs. See “Line and Text Illustration, Line Drawing, and Vector
Styles” on page 186.
Views, while textures display in other types
In floor plan view, architectual objects are of rendered views. See “Rendering
represented much like CAD objects, using Techniques” on page 1106.
the attributes assigned to their layer. In You can turn the display of patterns on or off
addition, the edge lines of architectural in 3D views that use them by selecting 3D>
objects in Vector Views also use these layer
settings. See “Vector View” on page 1106. Toggle Patterns .

In addition, layers can be used to turn the In 3D views that use textures, you can turn
display of objects on and off in different on or off the display of textures by selecting
views. 3D> Camera View Options> Toggle
Textures .
Fill Styles

Closed CAD objects and can also be
assigned a fill style for their interior areas.

Layers

Layers are used to organize and manage the Materials List. A layer can be thought of as a
display of all objects in all views and in the transparency sheet with objects placed on it

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