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ArchiTerra CROSS

Anonymous
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Fabrizio, what’s the purpose of “ArchiTerra CROSS” object found in ArchiTerra 20.LIB\Road Crosses library? It’s not mentioned in ArchiTerra User Guide at all. One would expect that ArchiTerra uses it automatically to generate road junctions but it doesn’t.
Is it possible to process a junction automatically in order to integrate it into the land-similarly to the way plateaus are processed?
The way I create junctions is that I built up junctions manually using plateau tool and then connect these plateaus by roads (so I don’t use ArchiTerra CROSS at all). But it crashes all the time this way…
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Fabrizio Diodati
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http://www.aboutarchiterra.com/FAQ_2.htm

here you can find all the explanations...

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P.S. the next major update (ArchiTerra 3.0) improved a lot this field...
Fabrizio Diodati
Graphisoft Italy Srl | Via Rossignago 2/A Spinea Venezia 30038 Italy
Anonymous
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thanks a lot for this!
as far as I understand there's no similar way to manage T junctions?
Fabrizio Diodati
Graphisoft Alumni
Graphisoft Alumni
just the same!
The cross object provide you with an option to choose the number or crossing roads...

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Fabrizio Diodati
Graphisoft Italy Srl | Via Rossignago 2/A Spinea Venezia 30038 Italy
Anonymous
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ArchiCAD still crashes with ArchiTerra.
I have a total of 5084 points for terrain. Is this too much? Could this be the reason for crashes?
Fabrizio Diodati
Graphisoft Alumni
Graphisoft Alumni
Send me the file (please, delete anything but the ArchiTerra data) and I will check it...

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Fabrizio Diodati
Graphisoft Italy Srl | Via Rossignago 2/A Spinea Venezia 30038 Italy
Anonymous
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...just sent it...
Anonymous
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Fabrizio, my ArchiTerra appears as version 2.02 on Scroll-Down Menu and as version 2.05 on Add-On Manager. Why's that?
It's ArchiTerra 2.05 (AC90) add-on file in my C:\Program Files\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD 9\Add-Ons\ArchiTerra 2.05 folder.
Fabrizio Diodati
Graphisoft Alumni
Graphisoft Alumni
Don't worry, the Add-on Manager says the truth.
AC doesn't update the menu name (I already wrote a warning about this issue on this Forum - regarding the WE behaviour...)...

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P.S. Time over! not bad for the first day of work after the XMas holidays... see you tomorrow.
Fabrizio Diodati
Graphisoft Italy Srl | Via Rossignago 2/A Spinea Venezia 30038 Italy
Anonymous
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...but the terrain does not follow the curve which means that the digging/embankment volumes won't show accurately in the calculation. This way ArchiTerra CROSS object is only cosmetics.
So I'll still need to use plateau tool for this.