topic Re: Need help with modeling in Modeling

Need help with modeling

Dalius — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:25:38 GMT

Does anyone have any idea how to design such a figure with ArchiCAD?

Re: Need help with modeling

Link — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:21:29 GMT

The Morph tool can make that shape.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Need help with modeling

Link — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:27:16 GMT

Here's my quick attempt at it!

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Need help with modeling

Link — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:28:10 GMT

And I'm sure someone who uses morph more regularly than me could get it much closer!

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Need help with modeling

Dalius — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:46:05 GMT

Link, great! Could you please explain it in a little more detail? How did this get made?

Re: Need help with modeling

Erwin Edel — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:52:58 GMT

Break your design down to the 3 basic cone shapes, create those as morph (there are quite a lot of tutorial videos on archicad youtube channel about the morph tool and its functions) arrange them in a section or elevation (you can drag, rotate etc, more easily than in 3d I would say). Use solid element operators or morphtool intersection thingy (again see youtube vids) to cut away the bits you do not need.

All in all, it shouldn't be more than a few minutes work, once you know how the tools work.

Re: Need help with modeling

Erwin Edel — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:53:50 GMT

Link to the youtube is at the top of this forum Youtube/AC

Re: Need help with modeling

David Maudlin — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:04:21 GMT

Dalius:

An alternative to Link's suggestion is to use the Cone object. Under the Structural Dimensions panel are various parameters for altering the top and bottom angles.

You should add a Signature to your Profile (click the Profile button near the top of this page) with your ArchiCAD version and operating system (see mine for an example) for more accurate help in this forum.

David