By mastering these tools, you stop fighting the software and start focusing on the design. Now, go open Archicad, press Ctrl + F (Fill Tool), and start creating beautiful, readable drawings.
These are applied to the surfaces of 3D elements like Slabs, Roofs, and Zones. They are what you see in a top-down Floor Plan view. archicad hatch
Want a brick hatch that stops exactly at a window? Don't trace it. Place your brick fill large. Place a "Hole" fill (white background, no pen) over the window. Fills stack; the top one hides the bottom. By mastering these tools, you stop fighting the
Archicad allows you to stretch or skew the pattern. They are what you see in a top-down Floor Plan view
: Based on a preset of vector shapes, these are often used for standard architectural symbols like brick or concrete patterns.