Mesh: we need more control over the visualisation of outlines

[Angel Berruezo]

Often, we need to visualize only the terrain with the section line, without projection lines. Or we might want to display only the contours in a floor plan. Sometimes, we just need a few specific ridges. Currently, it's not possible to achieve this directly, and we always have to rely on complicated workarounds. My proposal:

- Add a checkbox to deactivate outline visualization

- Add a context menu option to hide/show individual ridges of a mesh

[pmelo]

Totally agree, Ángel. The Mesh tool really needs a comprehensive upgrade. Beyond the ability to control ridge visibility, I’d also love to see:

• Support for composites, so Meshes could serve both structural and terrain purposes

• An option for Archicad to automatically generate contour lines, based on a user-defined interval(e.g. every 25 cm, 1 m, etc.)

• And most importantly: the ability to choose Floor Plan Display modes like other tools — for example, “Projected”, “Projected with Overhead”, “Cut Only”, etc. — to better control how Meshes appear in plan views

These additions would drastically simplify terrain modeling and improve clarity in documentation.

[Angel Berruezo]

Completely right. The Mesh tool should be more focused and specialized on terrain modelling, where it is clearly missing a ton of features. I can’t believe we are already in 2025 and still don’t have a direct and easy terrain modeling workflow.