How can I easily apply a solid fill color to my walls in plan view, or to structural components in my cross section and camera views?
The term Poché refers to the technique of drawing structural elements with a dark fill to make them stand out from open spaces. In Chief Architect, you can apply Poché to the tops of walls and to the clipped edges of walls, floor and ceiling platforms, and roof planes. This feature can be used in plan views, cross section views, and floor overviews. It can also be applied in full cameras and full overviews when the Cross Section Slider is in use. Poché will display in all rendering techniques with the exception of Glass House.
In views where both parts of a pony wall display, Poché will only be applied to the upper wall. In addition, Poché does not display on Glass Walls or other walls composed of only transparent materials walls and is never applied to Invisible walls, Railings, Retaining Walls, or Fencing.
Poché can be displayed on a view-by-view basis using the view's Specification dialog. It can also be turned on or off in plan views sent to layout.
Note: When Poché is enabled, cross section and floor overviews must be cutting through a structural element, such as a wall, floor or ceiling platform, or a roof plane, to see the fill color specified.
Note: To learn more about the Cross Section Slider, please see the Related Articles section below.
Note: If the "Edit View" button is not available, the plan view associated with the layout box may not be linked to a Saved Plan View, and may not be dynamic. Instead, you will likely see Poché settings directly within the Layout Box Specification. When you change Poché settings on a layout box view that is not linked to a Saved Plan View, the original plan view in the plan file is unaffected. See the Related Articles section below to learn more about Saved Plan Views.