3D board & batten

[Anonymous]

What is the best way to produce an material that can display in 3D (Internal & OpenGL) a realistic board & batten siding.

[Steve Jepson]

That is good news Dan.

Be sure to post us an update here on this topic of the forum too so we who have been following the conversation can be notified about it in our e-mail.

Thanks!

[Nuge]

What you need is the wall accessory Pack from Cadimage, the new version released is quite fantastic.

http://store.cadimage.co.nz/home.php?page=products&productID=168

Check out the user manual for a detailed description of what this api can do

Good Luck

[Stephen Dolbee]

Nuge,

Do you use the product? I also noticed it on their site for $149.00.

Steve

[Nuge]

Steve,


I sure do they have revised these tools for AC9 and are quite brilliant. I do mainly residential work and use them extensivly, the new versions give you total control over just about everything and each item once placed can easily be edited.

I am not sure how i managed to cope without them

Attached is a close up showing both the wall & roof accessory at work.

Hope this helps


John

[Stephen Dolbee]

John,

Looks good. Now if I can just get the boss to buy it.

Thanks,

Steve

[Nuge]

Steve,

Good luck (he's not an accountant is he, tighter than tight in my experience)

You will save the purchase price and some on your first project with the time savings these tools will give you.

Long term it will make your boss money !!!


Nuge

[Anonymous]

Nuge,

Karl posted a attachment which displayed the Board & Batten as I would like. The Steps to get the B & B are not difficult, but are not Automatically updated.

Could you be kind enough to create a quick view of a structure with Board & Batten? Maybe just change the siding on the example that you already posted.

[Nuge]

Jay,


Board & batten Cladding as requested, approx 3 minutes to complete.

Nuge

[Anonymous]

I wonder how much is the cost of Archicad with all these add-ons one wold assume the program must have it from the start.

[aahatimo]

has v 10 brought us any solutions within archicad or has anyone come up with a quick solution to board & batt walls?
thanks, timo
Everyone,
Karl is correct...a wall accessory solution is exactly what is needed. The good news is that this accessory will be available in the very near future. I've recently tested one being developed by a 3rd party developer.

This accessory will provide a solution to all the conditions discusssed thus far in this thread. It will do:
"Tongue & Groove","Beveled Board","Simulated Logs","Board On Board","Board & Batten", etc

Its simple and easy to use - I'll post an update with where it can be purchased when its ready.

Thanks,
Dan K