topic Re: Electrical outlet object in Modeling

Electrical outlet object

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2023 14:16:37 GMT

Can anyone tell me to get the Outlet 2 US 20 object to actually look like an outlet in plan.

Re: Electrical outlet object

Richard Morrison — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 01:42:36 GMT

Apparently, you can't. Too bad, because it would be a nice object if you could. (This kind of stuff drives me nuts, because the issue is so obvious.) I suggest you look for "Electrigon-2.0" in the meantime. It's a pretty good free alternative.
Try here: http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/download.php?id=19330

Re: Electrical outlet object

NCornia — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 07:50:14 GMT

Hi All,

I have put this to the attention of the USA product group to review this object for improvement in a future release. Thank you for pointing it out.

Best regards,

Re: Electrical outlet object

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 14:35:12 GMT

None of these links work.

Are there not any electrical outlet objects still, in ArchiCAD? Are we supposed to download arbitrary 3d objects from places like 3d warehouse to get them?

Re: Electrical outlet object

Eduardo Rolon — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 21:00:52 GMT

These do not worK?

Re: Electrical outlet object

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 21:04:11 GMT

Are you talking about symbols?

Do they show a 3d object of an outlet in the 3d view and does it display a 2d of the same outlet in 2d view?

I'm not really looking for symbols, but for objects.

Re: Electrical outlet object

Eduardo Rolon — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 21:07:21 GMT

From the US Ac22 Library

Re: Electrical outlet object

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 13:32:06 GMT

ejrolon wrote:
From the US Ac22 Library

And what does that look like in 2d?

Re: Electrical outlet object

Erwin Edel — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 13:51:28 GMT

Wow, everytime I see things like this and think "but this is in ARCHICAD already", it is made by our reseller and part of the local subscription library. Go Kubus

That said, some issue I have with 2D and 3D representation: the 2D symbol generally is larger than the actual outlet (if you want your drawings to be 'readable' when printed out), meaning you have to 'move' the outlet in 3D if you have a group of them. Our local library part comes with that option. However, I also tend to do drag copies around my plan when making electrical plans, so outlets with a 3D shift parameter in place sometimes make for extra work for the 3D part to show. If you have two rows of symbols, you are in trouble, because it can only shift in place, not towards or away from the wall.

It is a nice novelty to show them in 3D, but it takes a bit of work and sometimes your 2D plan starts to suffer.

Also the person chasing through the wall on site for all the fittings won't be looking at your 3D model (at least in my experience).

Re: Electrical outlet object

Eduardo Rolon — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 14:12:25 GMT

famadorian wrote:

ejrolon wrote:
From the US Ac22 Library
And what does that look like in 2d?

Like the previous screenshot. Or you could open the part and check.

Re: Electrical outlet object

ci-JoshOs — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 18:10:10 GMT

Hi guys - please feel free to delete this if it's too advertising-y, but our Cadimage Electrical Tool can do this sort of thing: https://centralinnovation.com/cad-design-technologies/extensions/archicad/cadimage-tools-electrical/. You can trial it for 30 days to see if it's what you're after.

Re: Electrical outlet object

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 18:13:37 GMT

henrypootel wrote:
Hi guys - please feel free to delete this if it's too advertising-y, but our Cadimage Electrical Tool can do this sort of thing: https://centralinnovation.com/cad-design-technologies/extensions/archicad/cadimage-tools-electrical/. You can trial it for 30 days to see if it's what you're after.

That video only displays symbols in 2d, instead of real objects in 2d, or am I missing something?

Re: Electrical outlet object

ci-JoshOs — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 18:18:13 GMT

The video doesn't feature the 3D views very heavily, but you do see them at about the 1:25 mark: