Wednesday 19 June 2013

Poche or Pooch?

This has been bugging me for ages.... firstly I didnt understand how to pronounce Poche and secondly it seemed like an unlikely word for what it is!!

I finally had to look it up on Dictionary.com
Here is their definition...

po·ché

[poh-shey]
noun
the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black.

Origin: French, past participle of pocher to make a rough sketch.

Anyway.... the reason I finally had to look it up was that I came across an issue where the "Poche" wasn't showing up in my Revit section views... as it was the issue I was having wasn't related at all...



So just to recap... the Poche base......


"For 3D views, specify the material applied to elements that are cut by a section box in coarse-scale views. Click in the Value column, click , and select a material.
In medium and fine views, the elements that are cut by a section box display the layered structure of the host.
For example, the following image shows a 3D view cut by a section box at a fine level of detail. Elements (wall, building pad, toposurface) cut by the section box show the structure or cut material."
 


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Oh... one more thing to add...
Here's a picture of my pooch..


2 comments:

  1. As I learned from Steven Shell AU class, AB4267, the "poche" work consisted on adding colour on the back of a drawing sheet to highlight some areas or simply to color-fill 'em. An old hand drafter told me the same.
    Really enjoy your blog, keep going!

    cheers from Italy
    Marco

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    1. Thanks Marco. Steve's classes are great aren't they.
      He's also presenting this August at the Central States Revit Workshop in Omaha. I hope to sit in on his session again.
      Might be a long way for you to travel though ;-)
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