In the world of architectural design, the difference between a flat, unreadable drawing and a rich, communicative construction document often comes down to one thing: . In Graphisoft Archicad, that detailing is controlled almost entirely by what the industry calls "hatch," but what Archicad eloquently refers to as Fills .
Fills are categorized by how they interact with 3D elements:
: If a pattern looks too dense, you can adjust its scale within the Fill Types dialog or use the "Scale with Plan" vs. "Scale-independent" settings to decide if the hatch should stay the same size regardless of your zoom level. 3. Why Fills Matter in BIM
He sketched a small triangular motif on paper, imagining how light would bounce across the surface. In ArchiCAD’s hatch editor he recreated the tile: three thin lines meeting at a point, a tiny offset between them to give depth. He set the scale so the pattern would read as texture at normal viewing distance and chose a semi-transparent gray to let the base color of the material show through.