on - edited on by
Emoke Csikos
There is a special function in Archicad called “Magic Wand”. This function saves you work by finding and tracing a linear or polygonal shape from among existing elements and then generating a new element based on it. Magic Wand can be used in 2D and in 3D as well.
- If you click on an edge or node, the Magic Wand traces the element and/or the element chain.
- If you click in empty space, or on a surface, the Magic Wand traces the closed polygonal area formed by the nearest elements.
Let's look at the following example:
You have already drawn a few lines and now want to trace them with the Wall Tool.
- Use the Magic Wand to simplify the process.
- First, select the Wall Tool.
- Now, invoke the command either at the menu point Design or by holding down the SPACE-key.
- The cursor turns into the Magic Wand.
- If you hover the cursor over the line, you can see a preview of the walls that will be created…
- To complete the command, click on the line.
The Magic Wand can be used with many Archicad tools: eg. placing a slab, mesh, morph, stair, railing, curtain wall etc. check the video and follow the steps to create whole building with the help of the magic wands.
