topic Re: Corner Boards in Modeling

Corner Boards

Anonymous — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:22:04 GMT

Are there corner boards somewhere in the ArchiCad libraries? If so, where and how do I add them. Frieze boards too?

Re: Corner Boards

Thomas Holm — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:48:36 GMT

Might I suggest using small walls for this? Or beams for friezes?

Re: Corner Boards

Dwight — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:35:19 GMT

For articulated walls - say, with frieze boards and other horizontal trim - you should investigate integrating the trims in a complex profile where simply drawing a wall produces everything at once. Study how to assign different materials with the complex profile.

Re: Corner Boards

David Maudlin — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:31:49 GMT

Wrathchild:

For corner boards, you can create a "L" shaped form with the Profile Manager, and assign it to the Column Tool.

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

Re: Corner Boards

Anonymous — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:55:22 GMT

Thanks guys. I will try out all these ideas and see which works best for me.

On the profile manager thing.....I've only been working with ArchiCAD a couple weeks. I am extremely new to it and used to PowerCADD which I've used for 15 years. I'm finding ArchiCAD's wonderful versatility a bit overwhelming to take in all at once. Any tips you can give me to get me started on working with the profile manager and complex profiles would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Corner Boards

Dwight — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:38:22 GMT

When a user has a general question unrelated to an Archicad functional problem, the method is to :

-search the forum for the relevant term looking for previous posts
-search the index of the reference guide

You will really enjoy the complex profile used as a curved wall since this is how all that swoopy stuff gets made.

Re: Corner Boards

Anonymous — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:46:59 GMT

I'll be sure to do that from now on.

Re: Corner Boards

Rick Thompson — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:47:56 GMT

Well, most of what I skimmed above I would not do, as brilliant as they are. You might not need all the advantages that can be gained by this way, but they are there very easily.

Make a designated composite 5/4" wide, named corner boards. This can be tagged to a property object to extract quantities. It is very easy to have available as a Favorite, easily placed, mirrored (for other corners).. adjustable in elevation to fit rake moulding via info box ... etc.

It's very simple and works great.

Re: Corner Boards

Thomas Holm — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:56:15 GMT

Rick wrote:
Make a designated composite 5/4" wide

A small wall, that is. Didn't I suggest that
To name it a composite (even though it isn't) is a very smart way to make it separately quantifialbe. Thanks, Rick!

Re: Corner Boards

Rick Thompson — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:17:45 GMT

Thomas wrote:
Rick wrote:
Make a designated composite 5/4" wide
A small wall, that is. Didn't I suggest that
To name it a composite (even though it isn't) is a very smart way to make it separately quantifialbe. Thanks, Rick!

I did say "most". Since you are on the same track, then that takes you (and I) out of the "brilliant" catigory

Re: Corner Boards

Thomas Holm — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:10:46 GMT

Rick wrote:
I did say "most". Since you are on the same track, then that takes you (and I) out of the "brilliant" catigory

Sigh. I was thinking I was both smart and brilliant. Now I'll have to choose!

Re: Corner Boards

Anonymous — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:38:26 GMT

After reading y'all's suggestions, I played around with the profile manager all night. That is a very cool tool! The more I learn about ArchiCAD the more I'm liking it.

Re: Corner Boards

Rick Thompson — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:26:36 GMT

Profiles can be really good for residential work trying to do historical details. I still much prefer the designated composite for corner boards, much easier to deal with. You can use "symbolic cut" for the floor plan display, which is far easier for me. You can't go that way with profiles, so it can be tricker to place some things, like the wall and gutter on the attached screen shot.

Re: Corner Boards

Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:52:21 GMT

Rick
Thanks for the clean, humble, no-silly stuff and very useful, application applied insight .
I truly appreciate your helpful posts.
And for those less AC endowed complex profile folks, (like myself), would you be so kind
as to post what the CP>Profile Manager editing view to the corner
board looks like?
Thanks
Bier

Re: Corner Boards

David Maudlin — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:17:00 GMT

Bier:

This is a simple one. Note that you can place hotspots that will become selection points for the corner board, which can simplify selection and placement. Profiles can be copied between projects using the Attribute Manager.

HTH

David