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How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:43:47 GMT

I need to draw this model I have made for a project at University. So far I have only drawn a 3D house in ArchiCAD, but that was made up from walls etc. What I want is a basic frame to show the shape and intersection of my model. Which tools etc, would I use to get it 3D

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:46:35 GMT

Anyone ? I just basically want to draw the model in 3D...

Thank You

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:28:05 GMT

It is quite a challenge, but it can be done.
1 draw the contour with walls
2 place a roof
3 trim to roof
4 make an object (axonmetric top view, save 3D model as)
5 place the object

6 redo for second element, but add a rotation factor in the top of the 3D script (ROTY 10, or ROTX 10 or ROTY 10, which depends on your object)
7 add this line to the 2D script PROJECT2 3,270,1 for correct 2D view
8 you might want to adjust the position in an elevation
9 and so on . . .

good luck!

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:43:10 GMT

Master wrote:
It is quite a challenge, but it can be done.
1 draw the contour with walls
2 place a roof
3 trim to roof
4 make an object (axonmetric top view, save 3D model as)
5 place the object

6 redo for second element, but add a rotation factor in the top of the 3D script (ROTY 10, or ROTX 10 or ROTY 10, which depends on your object)
7 add this line to the 2D script PROJECT2 3,270,1 for correct 2D view
8 you might want to adjust the position in an elevation
9 and so on . . .

good luck!

Great ! What thickness would you use, it's only about 2mm thick so should I just use that ? Did you use the default roof setting, or should I manipulate them from my model, likewise the height of the ' walls' i.e if its 25mm high I would raise the walls 25mm high then put the roof on and trim ?

How would I do the back piece which is just a single curve?

Were suppose to use AutoCAD but I have a Mac and don't want to install windows... Would it be much easier in AutoCAD ?

Thanks very much !

P.S how long did it take you to do that ?

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:01:36 GMT

Just measure up your model and use those sizes.
For the back piece use a complex profile.
You can also use this to get the round edges

Ofcourse it is easier with ArchiCAD

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:29:25 GMT

Which tool is ' complex profile' from ? Your dialog boxes are quite different from mine ( are you on PC )

How did you do the front piece( first image) so that they overlapped and looked like they would fit in. Do I need to specify each part by the level from next floor option and change that in increments of X ?

I'm very uneducated in CAD and it's up to all of us ( Students) to figure it out by ourselves to a point.... I really appreciate your help

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:56:10 GMT

I don't want to be rude, but there is a lot of information about complex profiles in the help files of AC. Go to Help/ArchiCAD Help and do a search on Complex profiles. They can explain it better than I can.

For the objects go to this website http://www.graphisoft.com/education/training_guides/#gdl

If you still have problems, we will take it from there.

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Dwight — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:25:52 GMT

If you dislike GDL, a free utility for rotating elements is:

ArchiRotate, from Cigraph.

It converts Archicad objects into objects that can be tilted without any code writing.

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:54:34 GMT

Dwight you need to reread the website - it allows you to freely rotate - but it is not free!
30 euros...

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Dwight — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:57:57 GMT

Sorry. Used to be. i think.

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Erich — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:07:08 GMT

They offered the AC11 version for free but then started the small charge with the advent of AC12 if I recall correctly.

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Dwight — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:09:12 GMT

For €30, I'd be learning code.

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:37:53 GMT

could you just refresh my memory on applying a roof ? I have the walls, but when I use the roof tool it always goes below the walls and ' into the ground'. I've changed the ' height from' but it doesn't work.

Sorry for my lack of knowledge, and I wold prefer to get a a straight answer on here than the manual.

Thanks

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:47:09 GMT

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:09:10 GMT

How do I use the object, once I've added those lines to the scrips? I only have the preview box and I can't actually use it...

Thanks

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:19:45 GMT

upload your object, than we can see what you have got.
(note: zip it first)

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:01:46 GMT

Well this is all I have managed to do so far... And my Tutor keeps saying to use Sketchup, but that's not what I want to do.

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:19:20 GMT

Just download this free object rotator from the object deposit, it may be just what u need right now:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/object_depository.php?browse=Depository/Archicad%20Modules

It´s free and there is no add on - works really well.

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:30:47 GMT

lardizabal wrote:
Just download this free object rotator from the object deposit, it may be just what u need right now:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/object_depository.php?browse=Depository/Archicad%20Modules

It´s free and there is no add on - works really well.

Thanks ! How do I open my object with that open ? Sorry for my non-exsistend understanding.

Re: How would you draw this in ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:50:00 GMT

Load the Rotator.gsm object into your library, then in the parameters field you fill in the "Name of library part to rotate" parameter with the library part name u need to rotate - in your case it would be "Shelter 2" according to the object you uploaded. Copy as many instances you need and change the rotate parameters as you need.