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2006-10-02
10:18 PM
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Aruzhan Ilaikova
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2006-10-03 04:53 PM
Thomas wrote:I don't know about your side of the pond, but "Susan" is a woman's name over here
Let him find out on his own.
2006-10-03 08:28 PM
TomWaltz wrote:
I don't know about your side of the pond, but "Susan" is a woman's name over here😉
2006-10-05 01:57 PM
Thomas wrote:We work this way all of the time at the moment - just drawing walls and adding doors and windows and then drawing completely separate sections and elevs on different 'storeys'. Archicad works pretty much like AEC AutoCAD in this respect. Although Archicad v10 doesnt easily allow for this kind of flexibility (Archicad v9 was better is this respect) but it can be done if you think of storeys in the model just as you would do different drawings in AutoCAD. Its something Archicad need to address if they want to retain architects like us who have no intention of drawing in 3d.
Let her (edited) find out on her (edited) own, guys!
There is no problem working in 2D in Archicad, if you like. I've done it myself, and I know others who do it all the time. But if you want to be efficient, learn how to utilize Archicad's tools to the best. Even if you just want 2D lines, the door tool is best for doors, the wall tool is still best for walls, or any parallell lines application etc. Use composites if you want more than two lines. Just don't give a s**t about height. And use the symbolic display option in AC10 where applicable.
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2006-10-09 07:44 PM
nats wrote:There is a performance barrier in getting from productive 2D drafting to productive building modeling (different peaks in the fitness landscape as complexity theory would describe it). You do have to become quite proficient at modeling before the sections, elevations, renderings, etc. become detailed enough to be presentable without retouching. Such proficiency takes time to develop. In the mean time there are techniques (such as the "drag a copy" method for sections) that allow you to bridge the gap and make increasing use of the model as your skills develop.
I am still trying hard to learn ArchiCAD 3d modelling after 4 months of working with it and am still not even able to get a section generated out of the model nor an elevation that will look anywhere near accurate or even remotely sensible! I have heard others here say they can do it but for me its far quicker to draw in 2d when you 'need stuff out' rather than poncing about with a 3d model.
2006-10-09 08:00 PM
Dwight wrote:Then there's the other extreme.... (luckily not someone I work with)...
Some people will just never get it. When I took my first Archicad traing (1992) with Glenn Peters and those other lads, there was a woman in our class who couldn't get it. Since she was a friend of mine, I knew that she wasn't an idiot.
2006-10-09 11:05 PM