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Wall surfaces not changing

adrianasofiasm_
Booster

Hi! 

I'm trying to change the surface of my walls, but they remain white. I'm using a composite wall and I have clicked on override surfaces.   

Thanks!

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AC27 USA - MacBook Pro 14" - Apple M1 Pro - 16 GB
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adrianasofiasm_
Booster

also, correction to my outdated signature: I'm using AC27. 

AC27 USA - MacBook Pro 14" - Apple M1 Pro - 16 GB

Hi @adrianasofiasm_,

Every thing is ok only you accidently overrided that BM related to a basic wall which you have included in your selection so try to use find & select option to ease your task of selection then override.

AC 27 INT 5003/WIN 11
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics 3.20 GHz 16.0 GB
Botonis
Advisor

Your whole model is white. 

Have you activated the "White model" from the 3d settings somehow?

Or you have a Graphic Override Option enabled? 

Botonis Botonakis
Civil Engineer, Enviromental Design MSc., BIM Manager for BS ArhitectsVR
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Archicad 27. Windows 11. Intel Xeon 2699x2,64 GB RAM, Nvidia 3080Ti. 2 Monitors.

Hi! I'm not sure what you mean, I apologize since I'm still new to the program. I received this file from someone else who was working on it, and I'm trying to change the color of all the elements in it: columns, beams, walls, and slabs. 

AC27 USA - MacBook Pro 14" - Apple M1 Pro - 16 GB

Hi! I'm not sure since I received the file from someone else who was working on it and they have no idea either what that is. We are still new to Archicad. Where can I find the Graphic Override Option?

AC27 USA - MacBook Pro 14" - Apple M1 Pro - 16 GB

Hi, you can't change all elements one time.
The best way is to use find & select frim Edit menu or Ctrl+F then you can filter each group if elements like wall element type basic structure type then apply changes then repeat this operation with composite structure type then for Beam element type and so on.

AC 27 INT 5003/WIN 11
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics 3.20 GHz 16.0 GB

Hi! I tried selecting only one wall, but I still couldn't get it to change. But I figured out what was wrong? I went to Overrides and selected No Overrides, and I was able to change the surfaces! Thank you all!

AC27 USA - MacBook Pro 14" - Apple M1 Pro - 16 GB
mija
Enthusiast

you have override on, select this and choose no overrides.

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