topic Re: False Ceiling in Modeling

False Ceiling

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 18:35:51 GMT

Hello every1 ,

I've just started learning archicad-15. I am an Interior Designer student from India. Usually here they use autocad which I find lil boring Anyways I wanna make false ceiling in archicad 15 but cant find it on youtube as well. Can anyone please help me???

Thnk a ton in advance.

Re: False Ceiling

Martin Jules — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 19:32:36 GMT

Hatey wrote:
Hello every1 ,

I've just started learning archicad-15. I am an Interior Designer student from India. Usually here they use autocad which I find lil boring Anyways I wanna make false ceiling in archicad 15 but cant find it on youtube as well. Can anyone please help me???

Thnk a ton in advance.

You can use the Ceiling Editor and/or the Ceiling Grid which can be downloaded and embeded from the BIM Components Portal of ArchiCAD 15.

Re: False Ceiling

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:29:16 GMT

Unfortunately the Ceiling Editor is avaiable only for ArchiCAD 16 and later.

One option in AC15 is to model Ceilings using Slabs.

Re: False Ceiling

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:36:02 GMT

For lay in ceilings you can use the beam tool for the tracks and tees. They intersect (subtract from) the ceiling slabs automatically. That is if you want to be highly detailed. Otherwise the grid can be shown by the material and fill settings.

Re: False Ceiling

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 20:08:26 GMT

Laszlo, speaking of "unfortunately". If only the curtain wall could be horizontal, it would make a fairly good ceiling grid workaround. So often I think, 'If only', if only - 2D lines/text/etc had a toggle to show in 3D, if only - roofs could curl like walls, if only - walls had floor plan display settings as versatile as slabs... Baby steps ...

Logical argument kills more good ideas than the devil.

Re: False Ceiling

Eduardo Rolon — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 20:16:03 GMT

MarkMoscrip wrote:
Laszlo, speaking of "unfortunately". If only the curtain wall could be horizontal, it would make a fairly good ceiling grid workaround. So often I think, 'If only', if only - 2D lines/text/etc had a toggle to show in 3D, if only - roofs could curl like walls, if only - walls had floor plan display settings as versatile as slabs... Baby steps ...

Logical argument kills more good ideas than the devil.

Mark,
FYI Curtain Walls can be horizontal.

Re: False Ceiling

Aaron Bourgoin — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 15:16:15 GMT

Eduardo,

Is this still possible?

Trying to make a glass canopy that is horizontal to the ground plane (or slightly pitched from 90 degrees).

When I rotate the elements the scheme stretches way out.

Re: False Ceiling

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 16:44:33 GMT

It is still posibble, draw the curtain wall in elevation. Or use the Boundary Method in plan.

Re: False Ceiling

Aaron Bourgoin — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 19:52:34 GMT

GSHQ - can you add a section to the manual that says you ca use the Curtain Wall tool in the section elevation window? If it's there I didn't find it.

Very happy to learn that I can. Thanks Arqrivas!

Re: False Ceiling

Barry Kelly — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 01:05:30 GMT

Aaron wrote:
GSHQ - can you add a section to the manual that says you ca use the Curtain Wall tool in the section elevation window? If it's there I didn't find it.

Very happy to learn that I can. Thanks Arqrivas!

It is there already.

Barry.