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How can I cut an object in a floorplan?

Anonymous
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Hi, I am working on a project where I am using shipping-containers as building parts. I do have very detailed 3d-models of the shipping-containers and want to use them also in my floorplans of the building. When I see the floorplan of the groundfloor, which cuts the shipping-container, I still see only the upperside of the container; the floorplan cuts the walls, doors etc. but not the container.
Is is possible to change this and to see the actual inside of the container?

Thanks for answering!

PJ
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If you want the container walls to behave in ArchiCAD as walls, then make a container wall. Same goes for all of the parts of the container. Make geometrically correct floors, ceilings, walls, corners, doors, hardware, etc...

Perhaps your real question is how do I make a container wall in ArchiCAD ?
Perhaps you would like to have an ArchiCAD modeled container to work with?

http://www.containerhome.info/shipping-container-drawings.html

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Anonymous
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This may be a bit late now, but MasterScript made a shipping container object a while ago which had cut plane sensitivity and full parametric adjustability -

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=245488