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Joseph wrote:As Laszlo said (no). But, to clarify, calling each or either "complex" is misleading. Only walls (beams and columns) can have custom/complex profiles. These are only edited in the Profile Editor. The revised roof tool creates an intelligent collection of planes, but there are no profiles involved. (E.g., still no ability to define roof edge conditions other than angle: no profiled fascia, etc.)
Hi,
Can I assume there is no In Place EDITING for complex walls like the new complex roofs?
2011-05-17 04:30 PM
We asked Akos Pfemeter and Tibor Szolnoki–ArchiCAD Product Manager–during our WebEx meeting if there were underlying modeling technology improvements that made the Shell tool possible. The answer? Yes!
Here is where ArchiCAD 15 gets interesting. ArchiCAD, unlike nearly all other major CAD/BIM players, has its own modeling geometry kernel technologies developed in-house at Graphisoft. These modeling engine capabilities first drew our attention when the company introduced MEP Modeler and we discovered how complex ductwork interactions could be created within that program. I asked Akos if these new modeling changes under the hood of ArchiCAD 15’s new Shell tool would “expand out” in future releases.
“Yes, the modeling technology behind the Shell tool is just the beginning,” he said. This does not surprise us. The current trend in architecture and digital architecture these days is on the development of extremely sophisticated geometric form and intelligently-driven form or “smart geometry”–as in the advanced work and focus of the Smartgeometry conference. ArchiCAD 15 seems well positioned for its next stage of evolution.
2011-05-17 04:55 PM
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2011-05-18 02:18 AM
laszlonagy wrote:
Architosh just posted a review of ArchiCAD 15. It is based on an interview with GS guys:
http://architosh.com/2011/05/in-depth-graphisoft-talks-to-architosh-about-archicad-15/
One thing that was new to me is at the very end:
We asked Akos Pfemeter and Tibor Szolnoki–ArchiCAD Product Manager–during our WebEx meeting if there were underlying modeling technology improvements that made the Shell tool possible. The answer? Yes!
Here is where ArchiCAD 15 gets interesting. ArchiCAD, unlike nearly all other major CAD/BIM players, has its own modeling geometry kernel technologies developed in-house at Graphisoft. These modeling engine capabilities first drew our attention when the company introduced MEP Modeler and we discovered how complex ductwork interactions could be created within that program. I asked Akos if these new modeling changes under the hood of ArchiCAD 15’s new Shell tool would “expand out” in future releases.
“Yes, the modeling technology behind the Shell tool is just the beginning,” he said. This does not surprise us. The current trend in architecture and digital architecture these days is on the development of extremely sophisticated geometric form and intelligently-driven form or “smart geometry”–as in the advanced work and focus of the Smartgeometry conference. ArchiCAD 15 seems well positioned for its next stage of evolution.
2011-05-18 03:21 AM
Bricklyne wrote:I have to agree that there is a certain amount of angst that we should either have to spend to get 3rd Party Addons or do in House development to do what should be readily available out of the Box. I have previously worked for a firm who stagnated in there Software Upgrades (Not AC should I say) because of what resources they had poured into in house development only to have it fall like a deck of cards when an upgrade rendered it near useless.
It seems or sounds like they leveraged some of the technology in the old MEP/Ductworks tool to expand ArchiCAD's native modeling toolset, which is one of the reasons I always think that they (GS) should buyout more of the third-party addons and plugins and integrate their technologies into ArchiCAD's main program making them available for more users. In doing this I think they would also benefit from some of the developers of these third-party plugins who seem to be extremely talented when it comes to getting the most out of ArchiCAD's API to do more with the program than it can on its own out of the box.
2011-05-18 08:38 AM