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Creating sub floor details like antcapping and piers

Anonymous — Tue, 30 May 2023 10:28:55 GMT

What is the best way to create the subfloor of a house including footings, piers, ant capping and bearers and joists for section view. Is it best to do all this detail with the cadimage add ons or can it be done easily enough with the Archicad tools.

cheers

Re: Creating sub floor details like antcapping and piers

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:14:22 GMT

Have modelled this sort of thing with concrete walls for the footings, and using a slab for the base on the footing. Piles can be done with columns, and joists and bearers using beams, all set to the correct levels.

Re: Creating sub floor details like antcapping and piers

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:23:24 GMT

Is this an ant cap?

(Sorry, it's Friday)

Re: Creating sub floor details like antcapping and piers

Erika Epstein — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:52:49 GMT

Re: Creating sub floor details like antcapping and piers

Dwight — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:41:25 GMT

If you want to be rid of an ant, you need to bust a cap.

Re: Creating sub floor details like antcapping and piers

David Shorter — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:12:19 GMT

Hi Kev, have you thought of asking your local reseller for advice?

Re: Creating sub floor details like antcapping and piers

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:35:58 GMT

Hey Dave,

I did ask Jason at Graphisoft in Sydney, He has moved to Melbourne now, He told me to use the forums.
I think i have it sorted now

Cheers

Re: Creating sub floor details like antcapping and piers

David Shorter — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:34:42 GMT

Hi Kev, try logging a support ticket through arkiklub, you'll need your company name and company ID from your invoice for you username and password.
Then you can ask any question and hopefully get a sensible answer

Re: Creating sub floor details like antcapping and piers

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:52:33 GMT

Piers, footings etc. with slabs/walls/roofs/column tool, basically any tool that lets you produce a rectangular prism, although depending on construction (eg cavity fill) some tools may be more appropriate/easier to use.

Ant caps to piers - create half ant cap outline fill and create complex profile (see attached drawing) and insert with wall or beam tool on rectangular or rotated rectangular mode, although doing this once and then saving the resultant object as a library part for multiple insertion into project would be preferable i think if you had many to do.

Of course, for ant cap to walls just use the above complex profile in required lengths.