topic Re: Solid Element Operations in Modeling

Solid Element Operations

fuzzytnth3 — Thu, 25 May 2023 14:37:45 GMT

Am I right in saying that if you have done some SEO if you then publish it as a module for use in another drawing file you also have to publish with the module the elements that are being used to create the holes or slots etc?

TIA

Re: Solid Element Operations

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:36:49 GMT

fuzzytnth3 wrote:
Am I right in saying that if you have done some SEO if you then publish it as a module for use in another drawing file you also have to publish with the module the elements that are being used to create the holes or slots etc?

You are right.

Woody

Re: Solid Element Operations

Ben Odonnell — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:38:47 GMT

There is a way around it though.
If you have your operator layers on when you publish out your mods the SEO will still be in tact when you link them into another file.

What you will then have to do in your new file is to turn off your operator layer, if you want it off, then update you layer combination to reflect the changes.

HTH.
Cheers.
Ben

Re: Solid Element Operations

fuzzytnth3 — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:28:54 GMT

Thanks Ben and Woodster

What you suggested Ben is what I had done.

Thanks again

Re: Solid Element Operations

Ben Odonnell — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:49:36 GMT

Mmm,
Strange, I just tried it one more time to make sure. It worked fine.

I'll have to take a closer look at it.

Ben

Re: Solid Element Operations

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:12:20 GMT

I had problems when I hotlink moduled a building plan into my site plan with some of the SEO's not sticking within the site plan. I resorted to triming the walls to the roof to have the model look correct within the site plan.

Re: Solid Element Operations

Ben Odonnell — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:17:28 GMT

Millard,
Was the problem in ArchiCAD 9 or in an earlier version of ArchiCAD?

Ben

Re: Solid Element Operations

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:12:02 GMT

Ben wrote:
Millard,
Was the problem in ArchiCAD 9 or in an earlier version of ArchiCAD?

Ben

This was AC9. Also it seemed random as most of my SEO's came in fine just some of the walls did not hold.

Re: Solid Element Operations

James Murray — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:44:00 GMT

It's random and unreliable for me too. Subtract from a roof works, subtract from a slab doesn't. This is in 1965. Very weird, and not very nice. It's like you're building the modules in ArchiCAD Lite.

Re: Solid Element Operations

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:00:15 GMT

Millard wrote:
Ben wrote:
Millard,
Was the problem in ArchiCAD 9 or in an earlier version of ArchiCAD?

Ben
This was AC9. Also it seemed random as most of my SEO's came in fine just some of the walls did not hold.

Millard,
Regarding modules and using SEOs to trim walls, the walls(targets) and the roof(operators) must be on the same story. Multi-Story Modules are placed story by story so the elements loose their relationship to each other when linked into a seperate file.

This has really caused problems for me because I always place my roofs on a story above my walls.

I suspect the randomness you're experiencing might be due to this.

Dan K

Re: Solid Element Operations

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:12:46 GMT

Dan wrote:
Regarding modules and using SEOs to trim walls, the walls(targets) and the roof(operators) must be on the same story. Multi-Story Modules are placed story by story so the elements loose their relationship to each other when linked into a seperate file.

Millard, sounds right to me. Can you confirm that this is what's happening in your case?

Woody

Re: Solid Element Operations

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:15:59 GMT

I believe this is what is happening , but I will have to check tomorrow when I get back to the office.

Re: Solid Element Operations

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:34:53 GMT

Would this (different storeys for site terrain and another for walls & floors for example) explain a rrrreal slowdown in executing solid operations.
I've also experieced a limit to the number of operations a roof element can sustain before it refuses to trim another wall - wasn't counting & know no way of checking the limit after the fact.

Re: Solid Element Operations

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:01:54 GMT

Millard,
Regarding modules and using SEOs to trim walls, the walls(targets) and the roof(operators) must be on the same story. Multi-Story Modules are placed story by story so the elements loose their relationship to each other when linked into a seperate file.

This has really caused problems for me because I always place my roofs on a story above my walls.

I suspect the randomness you're experiencing might be due to this.

I am having this same problem. I have an operator trimming objects on both the first and second floors. The operator is on the second floor. The good news is that when I turn on the operator layer (in the site plan), I can trim the objects (from the module) in my site plan.