General rotation function
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ā2008-02-29
03:19 PM
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12:41 PM
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Aruzhan Ilaikova
I know you can rotate a beam by typing in a slope. Is there any common function or button that works on any geometry to rotate the item in the x, y and z axes?

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ā2008-02-29 06:22 PM
AC27 US (5003) on Mac OS Ventura 13.6.2
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ā2008-02-29 06:26 PM
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ā2008-02-29 06:27 PM
Rakela wrote:Rakela -- do you know an easy way to make a circular wall? I don't...
Seraphin,
you need think, what do you want to achieve and then think about the ac tool that will get you there...and make sense....if i want a vertical element, why should i use the slab tool? the wall tool would be more appropiate for that case, etc.
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ā2008-02-29 06:44 PM
and as I see it, Seraphin just want a circular object..i would use that same object 'tube 11' with a min interior radius and would have the ability to rotate it as I wish.
you are absolutely correct regardless
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ā2008-02-29 06:47 PM
The poster correctly wants a rotation control for Archicad primitives.
It is not there.
However, various torturous workarounds exist:
For a circular disk, tilted, consider the Cylinder 11 object that has such a parameter.
For irregular elements, the makeaslabaGDLobject/ArchiRotate method is best.
And the easy way to make a circular wall is to use the complex profile aspect, drawing the wall perpendicular to its linear axis. Weak, I know.

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ā2008-02-29 06:48 PM
Rakela wrote:Of course, it definitely helps to know what Seraphin is trying to accomplish (i.e. does he/she need a circular wall, or an SEO operator?).
Neither do I Laura, but I would SEO it with the Tube 11 shape under Special Construction object in the ac libs.
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ā2008-02-29 08:18 PM
Seraphim wrote:I see that OBJECTiVE has already been recommended to you. To clarify, it will allow you to rotate and split any GDL object in 3D and place hotspots on the 3D body for easy snapping.
Is there a simple way to rotateanyobject/wall/slab/geometry on any axis or combination of axes? I have been assuming there was and that I just hadn't located the button yet but I'm beginning to think that is an incorrect assumption.
I know you can rotate a beam by typing in a slope. Is there any common function or button that works on any geometry to rotate the item in the x, y and z axes?
It won't currently rotate
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ā2008-03-02 03:18 AM
Laura wrote:it does. but if i'm understanding you correctly you just need to incline a wall and a large round column at the same angle. use the column as an operator for a SEO and then put it on a hidden layer . . . ?
Of course, it definitely helps to know what Seraphin is trying to accomplish...
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ā2008-03-02 03:48 AM
(you need to ensure that the the operator layer is assigned a different intersection number to the column or they will automatically form a junction with each other).
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ā2008-03-02 03:52 AM
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