topic Masonry (site built) Fireplace in Libraries & objects

Masonry (site built) Fireplace

Andy Melaragno — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:38:50 GMT

Hello,
does anyone have a masonry fireplace object that they would be willing to share / sell or does anyone know where I can find one? Most everything I could fine is a prefabricated model with a metal flue. Thanks in advance.

Re: Masonry (site built) Fireplace

Christophe Fortineau — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:43:04 GMT

Hello Andy Melaragno,

You are able to use these objet into AC22 :

Do you need another one ?

Re: Masonry (site built) Fireplace

Andy Melaragno — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:17:59 GMT

Thank you Christophe for your suggestions, but the top two examples do not include the firebox and the other examples appear to be prefabricated units.

Re: Masonry (site built) Fireplace

Christophe Fortineau — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:08:44 GMT

In this case I suggest you to model the desired part with the morph tool so that it is as you wish

Re: Masonry (site built) Fireplace

Erwin Edel — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:11:14 GMT

I might be thinking of this the wrong way, but aren't you basically looking at 3 walls with an opening?

Assuming you mean an open fireplace made of bricks.

Re: Masonry (site built) Fireplace

Andy Melaragno — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:48:21 GMT

Hi Erwin,
Yes, I could build the firebox out of walls and slabs. Is that what everyone else does? I just thought there might be a GDL object out there that could be inserted into the drawing.

Re: Masonry (site built) Fireplace

Erwin Edel — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:10:21 GMT

I find the library parts like elevator shafts, dormer windows, fireplaces etc to be strange additions. Perhaps leftovers from early versions of ArchiCAD where they made more sense. Most of these things require complex profile or composite solutions to show up properly in sections and elevations and this is something that most library parts are unable to show correctly.

Maybe they are suitable as an early draft starting point, but generally speaking I end up looking up specs of some manufacturer online anyway and then it sometimes becomes a struggle to get the part to look right and I end up modelling it myself.