topic Re: Curved curtain wall issue in Modeling

Curved curtain wall issue

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:21:30 GMT

For some reason no matter what I do, the horizontal frames WILL NOT render as their selected material like the rest of the frame. Is this just a glitch in the script or am I missing some setting somewhere? In the materials pane is has everything listed correctly: Glass material is glass, frame material is wood...

Re: Curved curtain wall issue

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:23:07 GMT

also, is there a better way to draw these curved curtain walls? For instance, I have a line drawn outlining the curve and distance of where I want the window, but i still seem to have to play with the angle and length to get it right

Re: Curved curtain wall issue

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:40:50 GMT

Funny that no one posted to this... I am having the same issue. Hopefully someone will now???
Anybody out there? Help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Re: Curved curtain wall issue

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:46:09 GMT

Lara wrote:
Funny that no one posted to this... I am having the same issue. Hopefully someone will now???
Anybody out there? Help would be GREATLY appreciated.

So far I've still never figured it out...what I ended up having to do was draw it myself with curved walls to create each individual element...fun stuff! Hopefully someone out there knows a better way...

Re: Curved curtain wall issue

Thomas Holm — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:10:37 GMT

aggie463 wrote:
Lara wrote:
Funny that no one posted to this... I am having the same issue. Hopefully someone will now???
Anybody out there? Help would be GREATLY appreciated.
So far I've still never figured it out...what I ended up having to do was draw it myself with curved walls to create each individual element...fun stuff! Hopefully someone out there knows a better way...

For the time being, your way is probably the best since there seems to be an issue with the framing material script.

Re: Curved curtain wall issue

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:43:00 GMT

It's probably no help to you, but I can't reproduce the problem either in AC10 and 11 INT versions.

Does it still happen if you render it with default settings? What happens if change the glass material to an obviously different one?

Have you updated the library to the latest version, as I know the curtain wall library parts have always been a bit flakey. Maybe they fixed them in a update and I just didn't notice.

Re: Curved curtain wall issue

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:49:04 GMT

Thanks so much everyone! (I was so excited to see a reply - ) I'm not new to ArchiCAD but relatively new to the forum and have learned SO MUCH just from searching.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge..

Re: Curved curtain wall issue

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:53:04 GMT

Thomas wrote:
aggie463 wrote:
Lara wrote:
Funny that no one posted to this... I am having the same issue. Hopefully someone will now???
Anybody out there? Help would be GREATLY appreciated.
So far I've still never figured it out...what I ended up having to do was draw it myself with curved walls to create each individual element...fun stuff! Hopefully someone out there knows a better way...
For the time being, your way is probably the best since there seems to be an issue with the framing material script.

BTW... though it's a little cumbersome for this multi-story project (even with modules!), that seems to work very well for modeling. Thanks again.

Re: Curved curtain wall issue

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:27:06 GMT

The best way for me is to model the glass and horizontal railing with a wall with Complex Profile and the vertical elements with columns. For funny columns use Complex profile too!
Never had the nerve to study the curtain wall objects!

Re: Curved curtain wall issue

muzedesigns — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:15:34 GMT

Is there a w Curtain Wall Curved?
My library - AUS - Only seems to have the w Curtain Wall Straight.

Re: Curved curtain wall issue

Stuart Atkinson — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:22:44 GMT

It is there in the Aus library.
It is called 'Curtain Wall Curved 11", ie no "W" at the start, so it appears right at the start of the folder (as opposed to the "W Curtain Wall Straight 11", which for some reason has the "W" so it appears right at the end of the folder).

Cheers
Stu

Re: Curved curtain wall issue

muzedesigns — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:28:37 GMT

Oh ok - so it is an Object NOT a window.. That is a big shame!!

Thanks for the assistance Stu!!

Re: Curved curtain wall issue

Djordje — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:18:24 GMT

muzedesigns wrote:
Oh ok - so it is an Object NOT a window.. That is a big shame!!

Thanks for the assistance Stu!!

If you have Window Metal Curved in the AUS lib, it can look like the curtain wall - albeit with all the frames and mullions there ...

Re: Curved curtain wall issue

muzedesigns — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:39:34 GMT

Thanks Djordje.. I did try this - but I am trying to emulate 'frameless glazing' .. I just can't seem to get the effect with the Curved Metal Window.. Thank you though!!

Re: Curved curtain wall issue

Djordje — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:57:24 GMT

muzedesigns wrote:
Thanks Djordje.. I did try this - but I am trying to emulate 'frameless glazing' .. I just can't seem to get the effect with the Curved Metal Window.. Thank you though!!

Ah ...

Try reducing the frames to invisible sizes. Or, give them the same material, pen and thickness as the wall.

The last instance is to make a wallhole, and insert a glass wall on a non-intersecting layer.

Re: Curved curtain wall issue

muzedesigns — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:53:59 GMT

I will try both - Thank you Djordje!
I will let you know how I go!
Thanks again!