FPCP - Cut Plane Height to Current Story

[Anonymous]

Looking into the FPCP.

I was attempting to adjust the "Cut Plane Height to Current Story" in the FPCP Setting.

When opening the "Template for US Content.tpl" the Cut plan height defaults at 4' and can be modified. for view within the View Map.

When opening the "ArchiCAD 10 Template.tpl" the Cut plan height defaults at 3'-7 5/6" and when attempting to modify the value goes to zero.

Our Office template acts the same as the "ArchiCAD 10 Template.tpl".

[Stress Co_]

Jay:
I really don't understand all the neances of cut planes, But if you change the Relative floor plan range from "Current Story" to "Story(s) above" (Put in one story) ... you should then be able to edit the "Cut Plane height to Current Story".

Then switch the R.F.P.R. back to "Current Story"

Hopefully someone will pipe in if I'm mis-directing you.

[Link]

Jay,

The FPCP is confusing enough, but it looks like you've also found a bug in the view settings of the ArchiCAD 10 template.tpl. I assume it stems from the INT version, as 3'-7 5/16" is equivalent to 1100mm, the default FPCP height in the INT version.

The error relates to the Current Story and Offset for the 'Show up to' setting under Floor Plan Range.

The floor plan range is used when, for example, a (multi-story) wall's Floor Plan Display is set to one of the Projected methods and it's Show Projection is set to 'To Floor Plan Range'. So firstly the cut of the wall is determined by the Cut Plane Height and it's projected display is determined by the Relative Floor Plan Range.

This 'Range' is always relative to the current story you view it on and can have an upper limit of however many stories you like. Plus you can give it an offset from those stories if you really need it. (Note that it will show on the upper stories only if ithe wall is set to Automatic - same goes for other elements on the upper stories too).

The upper limit (Show up to:) can only be as low as the Cut Plane Height, and this is where the bug comes in. The view setting you see shows the upper limit set below the cut plane height. This bug should only relate to existing views though. You should be able to redefine them or create new views with correct values.

Just so you are aware, FPCP settings can be assigned to a view. But this is separate from the 'global' FPCP settings found under the Document menu. This is akin to assigning a layer combination to a view, but still being able to use a different layer combination while you are working on the model, using the project map.

In fact to learn more about all of this behavior, I would recommend doing a few tests with the 'global' FPCP settings under the Document menu, then try assigning them to views, then redefining those views. You'll get the hang of it, but as you've already learned, they are quite complicated!

Good luck.

Cheers,
Link.

[Anonymous]

Thankyou Link you are always so helpful.

Link wrote:
...This 'Range' is always relative to the current story you view it on and can have an upper limit of however many stories you like. Plus you can give it an offset from those stories if you really need it. (Note that it will show on the upper stories only if ithe wall is set to Automatic - same goes for other elements on the upper stories too)...

Good luck.

Cheers,
Link.

Another reason to give the automatic walls a go.

I believe you are correct about the Automatic walls discussion in this post. So I am with you. we just need to pay attention to the wall setting.

[Steve Jepson]

This may not be of any help, but I draw in a sheet of glass (slab) .01" thick and used it to get the hang of how the cut planes work.

I used a different color of glass for each floor and put it on a layer I can turn on and off. this way I can set it at the elevation I want in 3D.

Clicking on the sheet of glass tells me it's elevation relative to the current floor and to project zero. I can use these elevations to set the cut plane correctly.

Now that I am more familiar with how the cut plane works I don't need to do this except for special situations.

I think it would be great if my sheets of colored glass were an Object that would set the cut plane to where ever I have place the sheet of glass.

I think it would be useful to have some sort of real time graphic display for the cut plane settings.