topic How well can ArchiCAD deal with these shapes ? in Modeling

How well can ArchiCAD deal with these shapes ?

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:25:20 GMT

Hi,

I'm currently looking for inspiration for my next project at University. I've just purchased " Strike a Pose' book and ' Space Craft 2 '

The attachment shows the type of shape and form I want to design, but I have no idea if/how ArchiCAD has ' free form ' tools to allow me to do this in 3D. I know that you would probably create a wall first, so that you have a base to work from, but I'm not sure how to create such shapes.

I've posted a few threads like this because I find it easier to learn what I need to know rather than just looking at tutorials that I don't need... Plus this style isn't well-known to my knowledge i.e I didn't find any help on this on the internet.

Thank You for your help.

Re: How well can ArchiCAD deal with these shapes ?

Dwight — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:48:31 GMT

Those decorative panels would be made with the complex profile.

complexify

Once you've made the profile, the panel is extruded as a wall, perpendicular to the facade.

Re: How well can ArchiCAD deal with these shapes ?

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:23:18 GMT

Dwight wrote:
Those decorative panels would be made with the complex profile.

complexify

Once you've made the profile, the panel is extruded as a wall, perpendicular to the facade.

Great ! Thank you. How long did it take you to make that if you don't mind me asking ?

Nathan

Re: How well can ArchiCAD deal with these shapes ?

Dwight — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:36:20 GMT

Mere seconds.

But then I read the manuals to learn things I didn't know that i would need and then experimented and practiced like a good student would.

Re: How well can ArchiCAD deal with these shapes ?

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:39:04 GMT

Dwight wrote:
Mere seconds.

But then I read the manuals to learn things I didn't know that i would need and then experimented and practiced like a good student would.

A good student would 'follow' what others student do, and therefor get help from the Uni. I don't like AutoCAD and so that'w why I don't get hands-on help like everyone else... I also have to work as well as other things, again most students don't so I have limited time really.

Thanks for your help.

Re: How well can ArchiCAD deal with these shapes ?

Dwight — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:45:45 GMT

I am certain that there are many justifications for a bad attitude.

Re: How well can ArchiCAD deal with these shapes ?

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:55:38 GMT

Dwight wrote:
I am certain that there are many justifications for a bad attitude.

Everyone has their entitlement to an opinion.

Re: How well can ArchiCAD deal with these shapes ?

Arcadia — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:21:36 GMT

Come on Dwight - 'bad attitude'??? Give the guy a break. This forum is for asking questions. If you don't like someone's 'attitude' or questions don't respond.

Re: How well can ArchiCAD deal with these shapes ?

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:24:13 GMT

Arcadia wrote:
Come on Dwight - 'bad attitude'??? Give the guy a break. This forum is for asking questions. If you don't like someone's 'attitude' or questions don't respond.

Thank you for your support. Everyone has a different way of learning; some prefer to read each page of the manual whilst others tend to learn along the way i.e each new project will require different tools and you pick up on them when you need to...

I've watched most of the ArchiCAD tutorials and I'm still learning as it's a complex application. I'm a new Uni student, I have more than ArchiCAD to learn but it's all fun !

Re: How well can ArchiCAD deal with these shapes ?

Dwight — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:26:59 GMT

And, even tho the guy has a bad attitude, he still needs the help.

Re: How well can ArchiCAD deal with these shapes ?

owen — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:07:33 GMT

Dwight wrote:
Once you've made the profile, the panel is extruded as a wall, perpendicular to the facade.

An alternative to Dwights suggestion is to draw a normal wall and then create some complex profiles in the negative of what Dwight shows and then use these as SEO's to cut the windows from the wall (place the SEO profiles on a hidden layer).

Of course if you want to show the profiles accurately in plan (i.e cuts through the various 'branches' with gaps where the openings are) then Dwights method will show that.

The issue I can see with Dwights is as the walls are perpendicular to your 'real' wall direction you cannot place doors/windows in those walls and have them show correctly in plan. Automatic zone boundaries also wouldnt work without a constant bounding wall. Mind you, with walls like that i guess you probably wouldn't need to be showing regular doors/windows in them anyway.

When you finally get the option to show SEO's correctly in plan (AC16 maybe) then my method might be worth another look.

Re: How well can ArchiCAD deal with these shapes ?

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:32:25 GMT

c*ap, every day we see some example that archicad is far away to be architectural modeling tool...