topic Re: Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-)) in Modeling

Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-))

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2023 13:31:57 GMT

Greetings to all ArchiCAD users.

I'm an architecture student and my latest task is to draw a house in ArchiCAD. However, I've been ill for the last three weeks and I've missed nearly all of my ArchiCAD-classes. Hence, my drawing skills are way below the level they should be to complete the task.
The problem is that the semester lasts for only one more week and I have to finish till next friday otherwise I lose a year.
In a "normal" situation I would ask for a tutorial or some little advice but I simply do not have time now.
So I'm IMPLORING someone to help me with drawing this task.

I'll attach an image of how the house looks (I apologize for the size of the picture) and I've also opened a website with additional images (plans and sections) which are useful for drawing. The address is www.geocities.com/hakerpepa

I'm particulary troubled with the sloped terrain and the roof.

I know I'm probably asking too much but considering the situation...
I also believe that to someone who knows how to work with ArchiCAD this isn't much of a problem to draw.

Thank you very much.

Best regards,
Srdan Gajic

Re: Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-))

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 01:29:09 GMT

Srdan,
I tried the link to your web site and got an error
as shown in the attached image so I could not see the
information about your project.
Peter Devlin

Re: Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-))

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 01:36:11 GMT

(Website seems to be working o.k. now, for me at least)

Wow, I wish it was that easy when I was at College.

Roof tool to create roof, ctrl-click to make valley/ridge edges meet.

Mesh tool for sloping ground.

Good luck.

Re: Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-))

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:20:10 GMT

I just found out my program is due Tuesday, not Friday.

So I'm in much bigger problems now.
People, please help!

Best regards from a desperate student of architecture

Srdan Gajic.

Re: Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-))

Djordje — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:24:25 GMT

Srdan wrote:
I just found out my program is due Tuesday, not Friday.

So I'm in much bigger problems now.
People, please help!

Best regards from a desperate student of architecture

Srdan Gajic.

It would have helped if we knew where in Europe you were ... so that people geographically close could offer their help.

I am not sure that anyone would be willing to do it for you ... but you might try.

Re: Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-))

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:38:32 GMT

Hey Mate,

Coming from another Architecture student's point of view, if I were you I would try and get an extension seen as you were sick...be honest with your lecturer and tell them your situation..you know, they're not out to fail you or anything....although I could've sworn my 2nd year lecturer was lol....nah but seriously....go over the step by step tutorials that come with archicad and see what you can do....if you can't do it then it may just be better off for you to repeat the subject...yeah you lose a year...but you will get over it come back bigger and better!

Good luck...I know exactly how you feel!!!

Cheers,

Andrew

Re: Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-))

Thomas Holm — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:08:35 GMT

For the roof tool, the tutorials and help files should do. For creating a terrain with the mesh tool, help file and this:
http://www.graphisoft.com/support/archicad/archiguide/surveyordrawings.html

Re: Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-))

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 00:32:39 GMT

Hmmm, no answers...

Come on, people, doesn't anyone find this challenging? Think of it as a competition: whoever finishes this house first and mails it to me wins a prize. The prize is... well, what can be more valuable than someone's gratitude and admiration?

Re: Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-))

Dwight — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:48:46 GMT

You will do well in a big firm getting other people to do the work.

Re: Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-))

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:06:18 GMT

If you IM me with specific questions or a way to contact you I will do my best. These tools are easy to use and that house looks simple.

Re: Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-))

Thomas Holm — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:34:50 GMT

Mark, the guy isn't after help in doing it himself. Not until I saw his reaction to the advice given, i realised he just wants someone else to do the job. I wouldn't want to hire a guy who gets his grade this way. The only advice left is to tell him go take this class some other time!

Re: Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-))

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:00:01 GMT

Come on, Thomas, don't you see I was kidding? I am very grateful for every advice I get, I just cannot get a grip on such a complex and unknown program in such a short time, having in mind that I have 4 other tasks to finish this week...

I'm sorry I didn't thank you for your (useful) link on how to create the sloping terrain but that was still having troubles with the roof. I must be awfully stupid or something but I just cannot draw the damn roof. I was going through ArchiCAD help a couple of times, but I just can't figure it out. How can I draw the gable wall?

Can someone PLEASE explain me step by step how to draw the roof?

Re: Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-))

Djordje — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:12:59 GMT

Srdan wrote:
Can someone PLEASE explain me step by step how to draw the roof?

That and more explained here:

http://www.graphisoft.com/archiguide_archive/

More precisely, here:

http://www.graphisoft.com/archiguide_archive/ArchiGuide_Online_6o/issue15/roofs.html

Once you have the roofs in, place the wall to the top height of the roof, right click on it, select Trim to roof ... done. Best in 3D window.

Don't you have a Tutorial CD?

Re: Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-))

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:50:45 GMT

as far as the support column goes, I made it very easily using truss maker. I created 2 "trusses" rotated them 90 degrees to each other, grouped them, and placed them in the second storey, under the centre of the roof and used SEO to trim them, it looks OK.. I think, if you want a more detailed explaination of how I did this let me know.

HTH,
Daniel

Re: Roof and sloped terrain (Help a student in trouble :-))

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:07:04 GMT

maybe you can see it better from this..