topic Re: cadimage Bracing in Collaboration with other software

cadimage Bracing

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 20:31:03 GMT

Hi

I am trying to use the cadimage brace tool for a relatively simple design, after selecting walls i need braced and entering the bracing settings via calculate bracing, I note all the building dimensions and cladding weights details are greyed out. If i enter ok to see what it does i get the message

" No exterior walls selected, i.e having a composite starting with 'Ext'

All walls selected are in fact the default composite structure EXT: Stud 90

Not to sure whats going on here but any help would be really appreciated

Thanks

Re: cadimage Bracing

Barry Kelly — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 01:33:57 GMT

I have no idea of how this add-on works, but is it case sensitive - EXT - Ext?

Cadimage also have their own support centre so you might want to try there.

Barry.

Re: cadimage Bracing

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 06:00:42 GMT

It doesn't appear to be case sensitive, i just tried it with both upper & lower case.
Please let us know what the issue is when you have it fixed.

Re: cadimage Bracing

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 19:53:56 GMT

Will do, Waiting on response atm

Re: cadimage Bracing

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 21:04:48 GMT

So for those that were interested, the walls were approx 1 hundredth of a degree out causing the error

Re: cadimage Bracing

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 09:39:34 GMT

Thanks for that, there is a free add on marker somewhere on the web, that will tell you if your walls are orthogonal or slightly out, useful for trainees until they learn to use the shift key more.

Re: cadimage Bracing

Ralph Wessel — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 09:42:53 GMT

INR wrote:
So for those that were interested, the walls were approx 1 hundredth of a degree out causing the error

We're correcting that – the tolerances were set far too tight.

Re: cadimage Bracing

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 23:44:25 GMT

Hi Ralph, if you are doing some work on the bracing tool I have a request.
When all the parameters have been input, such as dimensions, bracing set etc. can they be saved?
Quite often I have to go back out the DBX to get a dimension or other for the bracing input, then when i re-open i have to input all of the info again!

Re: cadimage Bracing

Ralph Wessel — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:23:46 GMT

Rogerdodge wrote:
Hi Ralph, if you are doing some work on the bracing tool I have a request.
When all the parameters have been input, such as dimensions, bracing set etc. can they be saved?
Quite often I have to go back out the DBX to get a dimension or other for the bracing input, then when i re-open i have to input all of the info again!

We're working on something that should solve that issue. Best approach for feature requests is to contact our support team – they add it to development database so it can be tracked from specification to release.

Re: cadimage Bracing

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 20:29:25 GMT

Great, thanks Ralph & will do
I am looking forward to working with a new improved bracing tool.

Re: cadimage Bracing & items out of alignment

KeesW — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 06:00:48 GMT

Please check with CadImage - I thought that they had discontinued their Bracing tool.

Items out of alignment can happen even when one uses the shift key correctly. I think that it is a bug in Archicad that’s been there a long time and somehow causes the verticality or horizontality to go out of alignment by a very small amount.

Re: cadimage Bracing

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 07:42:25 GMT

No need to check Kees, it is definitely still current, see Ralph's replies to the question.

Re: cadimage Bracing & items out of alignment

Ralph Wessel — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 22:36:05 GMT

KeesW wrote:
Please check with CadImage - I thought that they had discontinued their Bracing tool.

Not at all – in fact, we've just rewritten a significant amount of the engine to improve the product. But it targets the NZ building code, so it's not available outside of New Zealand.

Re: cadimage Bracing

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 04:56:57 GMT

Hi Ralph, may I ask when we can expect this?

Re: cadimage Bracing

Ralph Wessel — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 08:57:04 GMT

Rogerdodge wrote:
Hi Ralph, may I ask when we can expect this?

You can ask, but I'm not supposed to say 😉

Re: cadimage Bracing

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 05:15:32 GMT

Ah well, it'll be a nice surprise when it happens, along with any great new features in AC22.

Bracing Error

AthulyaSasi — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 21:50:45 GMT

Re: cadimage Bracing

AthulyaSasi — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 21:53:06 GMT

Hi Ralph Wessel

I am getting the same problem

Could you please assist me

" No exterior walls selected, i.e having a composite starting with 'Ext'

All walls selected are in fact the default composite structure EXT: Stud 90

Not to sure whats going on here but any help would be really appreciated

Re: Bracing Error

gavinNZz — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 23:29:33 GMT

Assuming you are using the tool in NZ, I would caution any reliance on it. While the tool can place braces and do the calculations it is not a compliance pathway and there are multiple additional factors that need to be taken into account to create a compliant bracing configuration. Personally I stopped using the tool a long time ago when I understood its shortcomings.

Re: Bracing Error

AthulyaSasi — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 00:00:55 GMT

Thanks for the reply

But I am not getting the calculation table .I think better I could have stopped to use it