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Rubia Torres
I've been using Multi-Story walls (exterior walls and some interior), as sometimes my story heights change and getting all the bits back together has been difficult. I've had to mask lines that occur when walls aren't perfectly synced, and I feel like I'm limiting this problem with the multi-story exterior walls.
However.
Drawing molding in interior elevations makes me crazy. I'm totally in love with the Complex Profiler. Being able to set a chair rail and a base and a crown, and change everything at once if the molding changes... sweeeeet. I really like that the section of a well-built complex profile can get even closer to the actual detail.
But...
I worry that
A) I'll lose track of my complex profile library, as I'll have interior partitions of conditions A, B, exterior walls conditions A, B, C, etc etc etc.
B) the single-story walls won't line up as well.
Which way is best to model stuff that will eventually get into fairly fine details?
Oh, and... where's the best place to put the floor slab? At the top of the story below, or the bottom of its own story?
Thanks y'all.
With complex profiles, I'm of the opinion that you can be
I prefer to split the structure from the mouldings/decoration. I find this gives better control over what displays on plan, and reduces the number of different profiles needed.
I also tend to divide the structure down to single storey parts only as it's easier to manage when storey heights change. I only use multistorey walls when there are openings that will appear on both floors. Use trace and reference to ensure things line up over several floors.
Keeping track of all the different profiles is generally just a naming issue. Also using favorites or a visual legend of parts is very powerful as well. See here for example.
The level of detail to physically model to is goverened by the scale of the main sections, as it is easier to add fine 2d detail in larger scale drawings than it is to hide fine 3d detail to stop the main sections getting messy.
What floorplan(s) would you want the slab to display on generally? I'd probably put it on the foundation level, but I don't know the drawing conventions in your part of the world.
These are my own guidelines which seem to work for the types of buildings we do in the UK, but I'm sure others have different techniques that may work better for you. (I also reserve the right to change my mind if I find a better way!
) As they say - there is more than one way to skin a cat!
Hope that helps in some way! Good luck
!
I prefer to split the structure from the mouldings/decoration. I find this gives better control over what displays on plan, and reduces the number of different profiles needed.
I also tend to divide the structure down to single storey parts only as it's easier to manage when storey heights change. I only use multistorey walls when there are openings that will appear on both floors. Use trace and reference to ensure things line up over several floors.
Keeping track of all the different profiles is generally just a naming issue. Also using favorites or a visual legend of parts is very powerful as well. See here for example.
The level of detail to physically model to is goverened by the scale of the main sections, as it is easier to add fine 2d detail in larger scale drawings than it is to hide fine 3d detail to stop the main sections getting messy.
What floorplan(s) would you want the slab to display on generally? I'd probably put it on the foundation level, but I don't know the drawing conventions in your part of the world.
These are my own guidelines which seem to work for the types of buildings we do in the UK, but I'm sure others have different techniques that may work better for you. (I also reserve the right to change my mind if I find a better way!
) As they say - there is more than one way to skin a cat!Hope that helps in some way! Good luck
!
Djordje wrote:Aww, Shucks!
Peter's advice should be included in the Installation movie of ArchiCAD ...
The best ArchiCAD related advice I have seen in the last year.
Hat off, Sir!
I'm glad it made sense!
(The first nice thing anyone says, and I don't get a notification Email!
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Jocelyn wrote:It's not a pain the backside if you put the mouldings on a separate layer, and give that layer a different 'Intersection Group' number than the walls. Don't forget to update every layer combination with the new number. This way the mouldings will never interact with the wall automatically!
...I'm actually using a separate wall and molding profiles now, but I'm chopping up bits of chair and base molding profiles around doors and windows and keeping them from mating with walls, and it's kinda a PIA (tho it's still worth it not to have to draw all the crown/base/chair/etc molding into interior elevations with lines)...
There is also no need to chop about the mouldings around doors and windows. You have drawn the mouldings using the wall tool, right? Place an empty opening in this 'wall' the same size as the door opening and it will remove any moulding covering the door!
The whole process is very quick if the mouldings are modelled together as you can simply magic wand inside the predrawn walls and the mouldings will form themselves to the shape of the room! No thinking or drawing on your behalf!
If you organise your complex profiles so that they are named per room, you can easily cut and paste individual mouldings into this 'main' room profile, try different options, adjust proportions, and all will be updated automatically.
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