topic Re: Fluted glass in Project data & BIM

Fluted glass

Tunafish — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:12:13 GMT

How can I make fluted glass as a material in Archicad? I want a material that can be used the same way as the other glass materials.

Operating system used: Mac Intel-based Sequoia

Re: Fluted glass

CosminF — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 07:30:48 GMT

Hi,

You can find a texture on-line and import it in your library and then use it as a surface in a new surface
How to make a new surface:
https://help.graphisoft.com/AC/27/INT/_AC27_Help/025_Attributes/025_Attributes-40.htm

You can make it slightly transparent but it will not "bend" light like a real fluted window would, for that you would need to model the flutes and render it using a ray-tracing method.

Hope this helps.

Re: Fluted glass

Lingwisyer — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 01:42:38 GMT

Needing to model the flutes would depend on how you are rendering it. Ideally you would use a Displacement Map which will convert your flat glass texture into the flutes. CineRender, Redshift and Twinmotion all accept Displacement Maps as far as I know.

Ling.

Re: Fluted glass

Tunafish — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 05:05:50 GMT

Thank you very much! I have downloaded several nice glass-materiales from this library now, but there is unfortunately not exactly the glass i am looking for.

Re: Fluted glass

Tunafish — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 05:09:08 GMT

Thank you. This is new to me but I will look into it and try. Interesting!

Re: Fluted glass

mthd — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:02:27 GMT

You could also create a complex profile of the fluted glass. There are lots of videos online on how to model complex profile corrugated roof sheets using that method that can also help you do it with fluted glass.

Re: Fluted glass

cocoloco — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 17:21:17 GMT

Unfortunately, archicad did not yet pick up on the trend of flutes or ribbed glass or curves (that started many years and exaggerated about 4 years ago). I have created wish to be able to make flutes (any type of flutes) more easily with wall or slab tool but nope or anything "logical" that does not take hours to create and huge brainstorming. But nothing.

for those that suggest adding "surface" instead, that is really not a solution for someone who is creating a custom detail with custom sizing, thickness and all...

Neither are Complex profiles (called complex for a reason, great marketing :D) because they again come in certain sizing again that is not possible to adjust if I don't spend another couple of hours with setting it up.

clearly *high hopes* archicad could focus on interior design and existing clients rather than full time engineers.