To break off some of the posts from my previous "ideas" thread:
2) The ability to have multiple ceiling types within a room.
In what way would like the association between a ceiling and a room to be expressed? Or are you simply pointing out that a solution which draws only one ceiling in a room is inadequate?
I'm simply pointing out that any ceiling function would need to accommotate multiple ceiling types within a room. Most likely, it would have to relate to the Zone bounding the room, in order to really "associate" with the room.
5) The ability to turn much of this on and off with viewsets/display options.
Some means of changing the appearance of the ceiling can easily be added, but it wouldn't work as fast as built-in display options. I don't know of a way of storing the setting with a view set either (haven't explored that yet).
TomWaltz wrote:
6) The ability to see ceiling construction (bracing, grid pieces, tile profiles) in section views
There are ways to achieve this, but there are wider issues to consider. First, this level of detail might cripple ArchiCAD's performance. Second, the ceiling needs to behave as a whole in some respects, but making it work sensibly from a construction viewpoint will almost certainly require fine-tuning of individual components. We have a solution for this in FrameWright, but it may not entirely suit this problem.
To me, 5 and 6 were tightly related. If you are going to have tons of construction data, as well as a 2D plan view, there would have to be a level of visibility and editability.
The Roof Framer and Wall Framers came to mind. In both sitations, you can place what you want, on a seperate layer if desired, and move around the elements placed automatically.
The Wall framer is better in the sense that it self-updates, but does not give as much freedom to add/move/delete members once it is placed.
The Roof framer is better in the sense that you have absolute freedom to move pieces around, delete them, or copy them as needed.
