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split levels?

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:39:22 GMT

Here's my problem.

I have a large exhibition space 6 meters high. And I want to insert a new level at 3m over part of the exhibition space for offices etc. How do I go about getting to show the plan for the split level? I need to show the two separate plans, one at level 0 and one at level +3 but without creating two different stories. Or is that not possible?

Cheers.

Re: split levels?

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:55:14 GMT

Saved views with different cut planes may work.
Then you can put the two tightly next to each other on the same sheet
possibly?

Re: split levels?

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:04:08 GMT

lec1212

how exactly do you mean? I understand the idea of the different cut planes for a given plan but do you mean a different height cut plane for the plan or a cut plane in the 3d document? Could I have copies of the same floor?

Re: split levels?

Karl Ottenstein — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:59:57 GMT

zoltar wrote:
how exactly do you mean? I understand the idea of the different cut planes for a given plan but do you mean a different height cut plane for the plan or a cut plane in the 3d document? Could I have copies of the same floor?

You want to be working with saved Views -which become your drawings...

You can have as many Views of a single floor as you want, with each view having different saved settings. In this case, you want two saved views of the same floor - each view with a different Floor Plan Cut Plane. For example, the FPCP for the first level might be at 1 meter and the second might be at 4 m. (The structural plan for the higher level might have a cut plane at 2.8 m to cut through support beams.) Etc. Different values for above/below determine how much of the model is projected into the view.

A presentation view of the same plan might have solid wall shading and a layer combo that turns on colored fills/etc. Model View Options let you control many things here - different saved Model View combinations for different views. A key plan would be the same floor at one scale where detailed plans would be portions of the floor at a different scale. All just views of a single story / floor. 😉

Cheers,
Karl

Re: split levels?

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:03:12 GMT

@Karl,

that is exactly what I want, however I didnt find a Copy option for the individual fllor plans. How do I do that?

Re: split levels?

Karl Ottenstein — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:19:35 GMT

zoltar wrote:
that is exactly what I want, however I didnt find a Copy option for the individual fllor plans. How do I do that?

There is no 'copy'. You set up all of the settings to see things as you want - with properly named layer combo, model view options, etc - and then create/save a new view. Look at the documentation for how to create a View.

Cheers,
Karl

Re: split levels?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:34:16 GMT

zoltar wrote:
Here's my problem.

I have a large exhibition space 6 meters high. And I want to insert a new level at 3m over part of the exhibition space for offices etc. How do I go about getting to show the plan for the split level? I need to show the two separate plans, one at level 0 and one at level +3 but without creating two different stories. Or is that not possible?

Cheers.

Hi zoltar,

This thread (about "Split Level" also) might give you more help:

archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=31727&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0

Cheers,