How can i create a brick lattice in archicad?

[Anonymous]

Ok firstly i want to say i found a similar question around these forums but it was posted 8 years ago and i'm hoping there might be a better explanation that a newbie can understand.

Here's the link to it:
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=64235#64235

For anyone who doesn't know a brick Lattice is this. It's basically brick patterns with bricks missing every so often. I'm hoping there's an easier way to do it other than Photoshop because i'm not the best an making it look good with scaling and just basically getting it to look presentable.

The cheat way(and time consuming) way i can think is basically create single bricks using slabs and create a wall like that by grouping them. It'll probably take me ages but hope you guys can help.

I didn't quite understand the 'fill' description that was given in the other forum.

Thanks everyone

[Eduardo Rolon]

There are different ways to get this done. The easier is to.

1. Apply the Brick Material to the Wall- this will create the 3D image and the 2D graphic for the elevations.
2. for the holes use empty windows

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You will need to learn how to create a Fill to define the brick pattern you need.

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/guides/archicad-17-int-reference-guide/documentation/fills/about-fi...

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/guides/archicad-17-int-reference-guide/documentation/fills/create-o...

[Anonymous]

For an alternative, you might try the structural library part on Archiradar's free downloads, structural systems category:

http://www.archiradar.it/en/items-for-free/viewcategory/33-structures-strutture.html

Scroll down all the way to the bottom for Strutture by Ziobob. There is a masonry lattice object that I've used recently.

[Anonymous]

It looks like the lattice in the pic isn't holding windows, doors, or skylights so I would use the complex profile tool and apply it will to a wall. Look in help on how it works or research here. One thing is the profile is applied to the wall ends and not the wall face. So your reference line will be the thickness of the lattice instead of the length of it. That's why using a complex profile here would be good with things like windows.