Leaning walls in ArchiCad?

[Anonymous]

Is it possible to create walls at an angle to the floor other than 90 degrees?

[Dwight]

While elements can tilt in plan, to make a tilted wall that retains the same editability as a wall element - in particular interaction with doors and windows, one creates a really thick wall and trims it down using the Solid Element Operation and roof planes or other elements as cutters.

For less-sculptural solutions: A battered wall or a canted wall element can be added to the faces of a wall - find these tools under Extras>Accessories>Wall Accessories.
These tools perform operations in plan view on selected walls.

[Anonymous]

Thank you, I'll experiment with these methods.

[Dwight]

We are quick to help people on this forum when they use an eye affliction for a screen name.

[Anonymous]

Eye affliction? Oh well. I got the name from the latin name of a plant, but I don't suppose it matters. 😉

Or is this a hint that I should use my real name?

[Dwight]

Just joking.

[Anonymous]

Ah ok 😉

So you use Lightwave? With ArchiCAD? What export-import workflow do you use?

[Dwight]

I have it but am not totally current...... see:

http://buyer.pcpro.co.uk/buyer/macuser-labs/65214/lightwave-3d-8.html

LW had several options, but the above article makes reference to import problems with the latest version.

OBJ seemed to cope with surfaces the best...... but LW is a slow way to make renderings as it is neither quick nor easy to learn.

LightWave is strong for computer imaging artists - it makes very "Rich" images.... but it is not time-efficient.

Do you use it in your other work?

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I use LW (7.5 still, haven't upgraded) for modelling and rendering. I've used other 3D apps as well, but I find LW scenes easy to set up, and although the renderer isn't that fast I can usually get the results I want. I know it's not the first choice of render option for ArchiCAD, but as I have a license and know how to use LW it would be good just to get it working for the time being.

I haven't seen an OBJ or 3ds export possibility in ArchiCAD, but then I am very new to the program. From AutoCAD I've usually exported as 3ds, and that has worked fine.

[Dwight]

from the 3D windo "SAVEAS":
"wavefront" for "OBJ
and
"3DStudio" for "3DS"


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