topic Re: Best object/library for 3D Roof Tiles in Libraries & objects

Best object/library for 3D Roof Tiles

D_BRANDT — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 11:30:47 GMT

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a plugin/library/object for 3D roof tiles?
Maybe a more manual solution where you can apply tiles to one face at a time.

I've been looking at Bramac and Cadimage Tools, but on roof tiles especially they lack a bit when it comes to tile types

Re: Best object/library for 3D Roof Tiles

Miha_M — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 13:27:15 GMT

The BimObject site probably has some.
Some manufacturer specific solutions are provided by Eptar, made in Hungary. Worth a try. https://www.eptar.hu/eptar_letoltes_addon.php?lang=en.

Re: Best object/library for 3D Roof Tiles

Nader Belal — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 15:26:01 GMT

Aside from this and only if you know Grasshopper, then you should see if you can model your tiles in Grasshopper and use the direct link to import the tiles back to your ArchiCAD model

Re: Best object/library for 3D Roof Tiles

Lingwisyer — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 01:18:21 GMT

How big are your tiles? For what reason are they needing to be modelled? If it is for 3D, can you not just use a texture with a displacement map?

Ling.

Re: Best object/library for 3D Roof Tiles

Jochen Suehlo — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 09:05:23 GMT

There are different websites, that offer single modelled roof tiles to be used with the roof accessory, e.g. https://eptar.hu/eptar_letoltes_addon.php?lang=en#bramac
Which kind of tiles you are looking for?

Re: Best object/library for 3D Roof Tiles

D_BRANDT — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:40:17 GMT

Thanks guys!

I see some of the plugins is in Hungarian - what a shame the don't make a english version too 😕

What I wanted the most was a more manual solution, maybe a element you could stretch to fit each roof side, and a element for the ridge tile.
The more automatic solutions seems to have problems when roof and walls are connected.

Re: Best object/library for 3D Roof Tiles

Lingwisyer — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 01:25:10 GMT

There is a "Roof Surfacer" object in the Goodies Package. It has metal roof and tile options. Only works for single-plane roofs though, so you will have to explode any multi-plane roofs into single-plane.

Ling.

Re: Best object/library for 3D Roof Tiles

MuriloNoleto — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:39:47 GMT

There's a new library here: https://youtu.be/o5l7ieAllw0