topic Re: Section markers in elevations in Documentation

Section markers in elevations

Anonymous — Tue, 30 May 2023 08:06:09 GMT

(new AC user)

I want to show in my elevations where some of my sections are cut (see attached image). Is there a better way to do this than using a Linked Marker, manually inserted in the elevation view? It seems like only getting halfway there... it updates automatically when i rearrange drawings, but if I move the actual section cut, I have turn on a trace reference and move the Linked Marker manually.

All helpful advice is appreciated.

Re: Section markers in elevations

Link — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:23:43 GMT

That's the best way AFAIK.

Not that we do that here, but if there's a better way I'd like to here it.

I presume that since S/E markers aren't 3D elements they can't show up in other views. It would probably take a fundamental change in these tools to achieve what you want, and even then it could be tricky to control.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Section markers in elevations

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:21:49 GMT

Maybe this should be a wish list item.

I've wondered for a while whether section/elevation markers could be given the same functionality as gridline markers i.e. visible in section/elevation and 3d as required and linked to plan location.

Re: Section markers in elevations

Anonymous — Thu, 05 May 2016 22:04:10 GMT

Just came across this thread, +1 for wishlist
I created a thread similar to this here:
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=52557&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

Im surprised I thought Link would have a better idea for this
But i guess it requires a software improvement.

Link (I remember when you came to our workplace in Christchurch)
Im always trying to use ArchiCAD to the best of its a abilities
I plan to step it up this year and produce some more impressive BIMx Hyper-models this year, we normally just give our client a basic bimx 3d model to navigate at Preliminary stage, but We have some builders already using Ipads where a hyper-model would blow their mind

Re: Section markers in elevations

Anonymous — Thu, 05 May 2016 22:59:21 GMT

+1 to this wish. I think is something fundamental in a project documentation.

Re: Section markers in elevations

Link — Fri, 06 May 2016 01:54:42 GMT

methy wrote:
Im surprised I thought Link would have a better idea for this
But i guess it requires a software improvement.

I've got plenty of good ideas for this and a lot of other things, but sadly they're not in the program yet!

As I said earlier it would be a great feature but would be tricky to dictate which marker appeared in which viewpoint. Not impossible but it could get rather complex and confusing.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Section markers in elevations

Bruce — Fri, 06 May 2016 03:56:32 GMT

Revit does this just fine

Re: Section markers in elevations

Link — Fri, 06 May 2016 04:21:21 GMT

Bruce wrote:
Revit does this just fine

Speaking of complex and confusing

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Section markers in elevations

Bruce — Fri, 06 May 2016 04:29:55 GMT

Yeah, well - that too

Re: Section markers in elevations

alemanda — Fri, 06 May 2016 14:04:53 GMT

Bruce wrote:
Revit does this just fine

Somwhow Archicad does it too ... the only "bad" thing is that AC does it with the gridtool only ...

So the tecnology is already inside AC ...