topic Re: Vertical and horizontal 3d section in Modeling

Vertical and horizontal 3d section

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:02:04 GMT

Hello everyone,
does anybody know how to make the type of section in the image below? I cant find out how to limit the 3d section plane: it just cuts the building all the eay to the end. I have been searching for a way to do this for quite a long time.

Thank you in advance!

Re: Vertical and horizontal 3d section

Erwin Edel — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:31:14 GMT

If you are on ArchiCAD17 and higher: create a building material with 999 priority. Make one or several shapes with slab tool, morph tool, whatever works best using this building material. Put it on a layer that is hidden. It should intersect with most of your model, depending on layer intersection group.

Re: Vertical and horizontal 3d section

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:45:20 GMT

Erwin wrote:
If you are on ArchiCAD17 and higher: create a building material with 999 priority. Make one or several shapes with slab tool, morph tool, whatever works best using this building material. Put it on a layer that is hidden. It should intersect with most of your model, depending on layer intersection group.

It worked! Very ingenious manner to solve this problem. Thank you very much!

Re: Vertical and horizontal 3d section

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 19:54:54 GMT

What a clever way to make this work 😃 I tried the 3D cutaway marquee but the 3D marquee does not currently work for more than one story.

Erwin wrote:
If you are on ArchiCAD17 and higher: create a building material with 999 priority. Make one or several shapes with slab tool, morph tool, whatever works best using this building material. Put it on a layer that is hidden. It should intersect with most of your model, depending on layer intersection group.

Re: Vertical and horizontal 3d section

Eduardo Rolon — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:16:03 GMT

Switch the 3D Marquee to Multi Story = bold dashed line

Re: Vertical and horizontal 3d section

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:36:50 GMT

ejrolon wrote:
Switch the 3D Marquee to Multi Story = bold dashed line

Yes that option is only available on the plan view and not the 3D view. Not sure what the point of the marquee is in 3D view if it can only isolate it to one story.

Re: Vertical and horizontal 3d section

Eduardo Rolon — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:43:04 GMT

Then turn Cutting Planes on (Command+Y) and then drag a plane from the top.

Re: Vertical and horizontal 3d section

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:56:03 GMT

Yes that does work but the cutting planes are continuous and cannot be stopped short?

I guess it would be nice if the marquee in the 3D view worked similarly to the plan view marquee.

ejrolon wrote:
Then turn Cutting Planes on (Command+Y) and then drag a plane from the top.

Re: Vertical and horizontal 3d section

Eduardo Rolon — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:58:19 GMT

just wondering why you don't draw the marquee in floor plan then?

Re: Vertical and horizontal 3d section

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 22:10:41 GMT

Well I was looking at bernadias example and trying to achieve a similar affect, using cutting planes and marquee. The example shows an iregular 'cutout' starting halfway on the first floor all the way up, and keeping most of the rest of the building.

I like the suggested method better with priority based intersection, as it allows for any shapes possible to be cutout.

I do think the 3D view should have the marquee able to handle multiple stories. The option to change the marquee to double lines is grayed out in 3D.

If my marquee shape is too complicated the 'outside marquee' display option omits some elements.