Modeling
About Archicad's design tools, element connections, modeling concepts, etc.

HVAC / Ducting

Anonymous
Not applicable
I was looking through the Graphisoft website earlier today, and i downloaded the tutorials for the Graphisoft constructor, and i never realised how similar to ArchiCAD it is. Anyway, while going through the tutorial I saw that Constructor has a very nice, and easy to use tool specifically made for duct work. Is there anything similar to this available for archicad?

cheers,
dan
11 REPLIES 11
Anonymous
Not applicable
Daniel wrote:
I have a feeling a wish isn't going to do much though, seeing as how graphisoft already makes a good ductwork add-on, and part of constructor. I have a feeling they'd just say, why make it part of AC when we can continue selling it...
Maybe you're right, Dan, but that add-on does so much more than I'm talking about (and is *so* expensive) that I can't imagine that building in the ability to do really basic ductwork modelling would hurt them *that* much. People who only have a need for basic modelling like me aren't going to invest in that add-on, and the ones who do really need it aren't going to be impressed by or able to function with a few rudimentary tools built in.

I mean, we've got things like basic plumbing elbows, which I personally see no use for; so why not ducts?

IMO, leaving this out is like leaving out doors or windows, or all furniture, and expecting people to buy an add-on just to do basics. Like it or not, ducting makes a *major* design impact, and so, IMO, is definitely not just the domain of the engineers. We still all go out and buy additional objects and add-ons when the basics don't do the trick, but at least for those of us to whom a lot of detail or customizability in some of these things is not critical, at least we've got *something* to work with, at least to start with.

Wendy
Anonymous
Not applicable
You are correct, Constructor has this tool. It works well. You can have square and round ducts with various sizes and connection to grills and ceiling tiles.

I have found it very useful. It is setup for Constructor as an add on. I would only hope that it is made available for Archicad as well in version 10. We can only hope.