topic Re: Building different home in Modeling

Building different home

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:32:04 GMT

hey

how i can build this simply glass building

sorry i'm antiPRO in paint ;d

Re: Building different home

TomWaltz — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:19:12 GMT

I think we need a little more info

Re: Building different home

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:33:13 GMT

hmm

i dont need that building with dooors windows etc. just need know hot to build like that drawing

how to build wall or roof where is red line ?

Re: Building different home

Dwight — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:09:17 GMT

Were he still alive, American songster Johnny Cash would know what to say. He even wrote about it in his tune "A Ceiling, Four Walls and a Floor." (Describing the feeling Archicad users have after a weekend of overtime.)

In your case, you'd use A Roof and Three Walls. Trim the walls to the roof.

A perfect example of a task for the 3D view.

Re: Building different home

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:20:42 GMT

but if all 3 top points arent in similar high ?

Re: Building different home

Dwight — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:31:24 GMT

Placing the roof in the 3D window lets you place three points to establish the roof slope.

I've attached a view to indicate an easy way to find the bottom point.

The USA Manual has instructions on page 215.

Re: Building different home

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:31:56 GMT

all okei!
well done!

tx

Re: Building different home

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:46:40 GMT

hmm i do smth wrong

Re: Building different home

Dwight — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:53:13 GMT

Your first go-around with the roof points is to establish the slope plane.

THEN you must go around again to place them.

It helps to have real nodes to stick to when establishing the slope. that is why i showed the image with the shorter wall. Otherwise the roof can get lost in space.....

I'm working with you on this because it is tricky until you get the hang of it.

Sort of like not appreciating George Bush until he is hung.

Re: Building different home

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:01:32 GMT

damn still i cant

Re: Building different home

Dwight — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:06:40 GMT

Maybe, since your task doesn't need windows or doors, you should use the mesh tool instead.

Re: Building different home

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:10:26 GMT

maybe later it will needs than i need learn that trick

Re: Building different home

Link — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:36:44 GMT

If you wanted to use the roof and walls method, I would recommend using full height walls then using the roof as an operator with an SEO with upwards extrusion to trim them down.

When placing your roof in 3D don't be afraid to use 'z-distance+' to set your heights, if you know what they are relative to the top of the walls. For the first three clicks when defining your roof plane simply place your cursor on top of the walls (as shown by the tick cursor), then enter the distances, eg. z-3000+ for 3m down from the top of the wall. For the last three clicks simply click on the top corner of each wall to define the roof polygon shape.

This theory also applies to the bottom of the walls of course, except it will be a positive z distance.

Alternatively you can set your Z value relative to the user origin in the coordinate box (instead of Project zero), then relocate your user origin at each step, and enter relative distances, without the + at the end.

Or you can use the mesh tool....

Cheers,
Link.