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Wall cut fills when set for any of the solid fills stay invisible on the floor plan but show on the section view. The vectorial fills show in all views. I tried turning on and off various layers with to no effect on this particular problem. Even though I haven't found it yet, I know there's a simple solution somewhere.
2:47 pm
June 8, 2009
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OK, I've come across the same problem, when trying to make my "new" walls "poched" (That was a new term for me – I had to look that one up. Which wasn't easy – there's no such English word. Apparently, it's French: "poché" is the past participle of "Pocher", meaning "to sketch". So "pochéd" would be the past participle of the past participle…? 
Anyways, I've opened up a new instance of AC12, based on the standard template, and walls all show solid fills fine. It's just the MasterTemplate seems to force it not to show wall fills.
I don't have any trace references turned on/active, so those options don't appear.
Any further suggestions?
Thanks.
3:12 pm
June 8, 2009
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OK, solved it! So for anyone else with the same lack of knowledge as me…
I started selecting different "Model View Options" in the "Quick Options" palette, and the fills started to change. So that was a clue.
Despite me looking in what I thought were more obvious places (such as on the View menu!), I couldn't find anything. So, goddamn it, I just had to get out the Help! 
7 seconds later, I was informed that the secret to removing at least half an hour's frustration is in Document>Set Model View>Model View Options>Override Fill Display.
And then it was time to check out the MVOs that come with MT… Ahh, I see now… I was on the DRAFT'G DESIGN | DETAILING MVO, which has the Override Cut Fills > No Fill option turned on!
And now some more lights start to turn on, about the power of MVOs…combined with Pensets…: like why I don't need to define both a "new" and "existing" version of a composite structure, just to have a different fill show up in plans. Yet again the MT shows me how to be a little more efficient! (Boy, I know trial and error is the best way of learning, but it can be time-consuming!…How's that manual revision coming along, Eric? 
). I bought MT specifically to teach me and show me the best ways of using AC in practice (something that isn't in the Help!), and it seems to be doing a great job at that. Thanks yet again, Guys 
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