Roof / Wall Plane Options
The Roof/Wall Plane Options dialog allows you to control how roof and wall planes are displayed in your model — either as filled areas or as cross-hatched lines.
These display preferences affect both the on-screen view and printed reports.
You can change these settings by going to Set-Up > Preference Settings > System Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box. Then click the [Plane Options] button to open the Set Roofing Plane Styles dialog box.
🖥️ Display Style Options
Option | Description |
Filled Planes | Displays planes as filled surfaces rather than hatched outlines. |
Hatched Planes | Displays planes with a hatch pattern instead of solid fills. |
Filled Planes
Hatched Planes
🎨 Colour Assignments
Each material category can be assigned any colour number.
Colour numbers can represent any colour and are defined using:
CAD > Defaults > Colour Table
⚠️ Important:
Colour numbers may be used for multiple entity types (e.g., lines, fills, dimensions).
If you change a colour number for roof/wall planes, it may affect other areas where that same colour number is used.
For more info see Colour Table.
💾 Applying and Saving Settings
Once you have adjusted your preferences:
Select [Apply] to immediately apply the new settings to your current job.
Select [OK] (and [OK] again in the Preferences dialog) to confirm and save.
When you File > Save your job, these plane display settings are also stored with the model.
✅ Your chosen plane style (filled or hatched) and colour settings will automatically carry over to all subsequent jobs unless changed.