topic Kitchen - Cutting cabinet in Libraries & objects

Kitchen - Cutting cabinet

Polar Bear — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:33:02 GMT

Hello All,

Beginner question with attached images:

- I am detailing a kitchen and want to include above and blow kitchen counter plans. When i set the cutting plane lower than the counter height, i still don't see the cabinet sides... What am i doing wrong?

Thanks a lot!

Kind Regards

Martin

Re: Kitchen - Cutting cabinet

DGSketcher — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 10:51:51 GMT

@Polar Bear Archicad's 3D objects typically only ever show a top down projection on a floor plan, they don't respond to cutting planes. Your best alternative is to create a 3D Document with cut planes at the required height, this usually works depending on your expectations from the 3D model and what has been included by the developers.

Re: Kitchen - Cutting cabinet

Christophe Fortineau — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:34:59 GMT

Hello POLAR BEAR,

You are able to modify the gsm object to modify it in 2D view.

If you are interested in this process, I am at your disposal to help you step by step.

Re: Kitchen - Cutting cabinet

Polar Bear — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:28:14 GMT

We can certainly discuss, and in french if you feel more comfortable. I am in Canada.

Kind Regards

Martin

Re: Kitchen - Cutting cabinet

Christophe Fortineau — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:36:59 GMT

GS community is a international community so we have to write in english. 🤗

Do you want to modify your object ?

Re: Kitchen - Cutting cabinet

Polar Bear — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:30:26 GMT

Ultimately, i want to see the cabinet sides. If it involves modifying the object, then yes..

* I will be on and off on this exchange as i'm handling other running projects. Thanks for your kind help...

Re: Kitchen - Cutting cabinet

Christophe Fortineau — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:07:28 GMT

Can you share you object or tell me which one from AC library do you use ?

Re: Kitchen - Cutting cabinet

Polar Bear — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:53:57 GMT

Hello,

The objects are kitchen cabinets such as:

Cabinet Base MultiDrawer 24

Thanks a lot!

Re: Kitchen - Cutting cabinet

Christophe Fortineau — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 20:13:18 GMT

After responding privately and by videoconference to POLAR BEAR, here is the principle of easy 2D personalization of an object.
1 - Select and open object
2 - Create a boolean variable (ex:"varr")

3 - Into "2D Symbol" draw your 2D personalization of the object on the layer "1"

4 - Into 2D script write these lines of code :

<quote> IF varr THEN !If the condition "varr" is validated then ... FRAGMENT2 1,3 !Call of the 2D drawing found on layer "1" in the "2D Symbol" tab ELSE !If the condition "varr" is NOT validated then ... ! Here keep the native 2D script of the object ENDIF !End of IF command </quote>

5 - If you want or need to customize the object personalization interface in order to integrate this new variable, just add in the interface script :

<quote> UI_OUTFIELD "Here my own 2D", 0, 0, 100. ! X,Y,text field width UI_INFIELD "varr", 0, 15 ! X,Y </quote>

I really am not an expert on Archicad objects or even a GDL follower.

Nevertheless I like to share.