topic Site Plans in Documentation

Site Plans

ivorhession — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:16:47 GMT

Hey all,

When i have been doing site plans up to now i have been doing pretty much what is described in the link below - taking a 3D view from above, creating a 2D version and working on that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=742u3W4A8a4&list=PLzSywDaY9iB81pj3syYXoTrRUdpIx833Y&index=2

Its fine for the work i have been doing till now, but has limitation when applying spot level markers and things.
I'm currently working on a multi unit scheme on a sloping site so i want to have a site plan that i can put spot levels on (without doing it manually).
What i want to do is create a story - lets call it Site - which its level is set to be above the topmost element of the model and for this to have everything visible - like a top view of a 3D view. However i can work out how to do this.
I could set all my element to be visible above their home story but that makes the upper floor plans confused as you would see external railings and planting etc on every level.

If anyone has any pointers on this it would be great.

FYI I'm running Archicad 28 Solo edition.

Operating system used: Windows 11

Re: Site Plans

Lingwisyer — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 03:27:57 GMT

Slabs are the annoying bit as they do not utilise the Relevant Storey setting (comingsoon.tm), but you can sort of work around it by always using non-transparent cover fills. For everythng else, you can use the lower limit of your Relative Floor Plan Range to see however high above you want. So for your gernal floor plans, the lower limit would be below your exterior finish level, while for your site plan it would be to the lowest point.

Ling.

Re: Site Plans

ivorhession — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 09:36:17 GMT

Hey Ling,

Thanks for your replay.

That is what i have been trying to do. I can get it to work in one instance - say for the site plan, but having adjusted the Relevant Floor Plan Range it then affects all the other floor plans.
Am I missing something that allows you to have one Floor plan with one set of Relevant Floor Plan Range while the rest are set to the default range?

Ivor

Re: Site Plans

David Maudlin — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 12:28:58 GMT

ivorhession:

Each floor plan should be st up as a defined View (in the View Map, not the Project Map). Each View has its own Floor Plan Cut Settings so the Relative Floor Plan Range cab be unique for each View.

Your Signature should include your ArchiCAD version and operating system (see mine for an example) for more accurate help in this forum.

David

Re: Site Plans

ivorhession — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:15:28 GMT

Hey David,

Ya it was actually working fine just me having a dumb moment and looking at the wrong thing.

What I'm doing now is setting the various elements that make up the site to be visible on all stories and then filter these out on the stories i don't want to see them with overrides and or layers - I think this will work okay.
If anyone has any thoughts on that process it would be good to hear them.

Will up date on how this works out once i get through it...

Ivor

Re: Site Plans

David Maudlin — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 13:36:26 GMT

Ivor:

Thanks for updating your signature.

David