No glass in openings

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to delete the glass from all library parts in my model?

I need to export out to a 3d printer and want the windows to be holes.

I do not want to edit each library part in order to not have glass in each window.

[Anonymous]

If you mean delete only the glass but keep
the muntons, sash, frame, and trim then the
answer is you have to edit the 3D script.
If you want to just see the empty openings for the windows
then the answer is go to View->Elements in 3D view->
Filter elements in 3D and un-check windows.
Peter Devlin

[Anonymous]

Yes I still want all the windows parts, just no glass.

that was my fear.

I wonder if there is a way to create a false material for the glass that is not a solid or surface.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Jeff wrote:
I wonder if there is a way to create a false material for the glass that is not a solid or surface.

Hey Jeff,

Not so much a false material in ArchiCAD ... since from AC's POV, a material is just something mapped onto a surface ... the glass surfaces themselves are generated by the script, like it or not.

But, your idea might work with other software. For example, if you export your AC model to Artlantis, you can open the Materials Inspector's tray, select glass, and then uncheck "Material is visible". The geometry literally vanishes. But, Artlantis can't export into a 3D format that you could use.

C4D can do the same kind of thing - if the AC export grouped by material, you can then hide all elements made of glass and then export in a 3D format from there. I assume the invisible stuff doesn't get exported?

Karl

[Ignacio Azpiazu]

One thing that might be worth checking (maybe printing a single window, which must cost like $2 in material and your printing guy might accept doing for free) is, if the scale is small enough, whether your glass will print at all.

I saw a model yesterday in which a thin plane didn't get printed because its thickness was lower than the printer's resolution, or at least that's what I was told. Maybe it is just a matter of making the glass really thin, at most.

[Anonymous]

very good point. I will give it a try.

The resolution is .007"

So at a specific scale the glass plane might be too small for the printer.

Lucky for me, I own the printer! So the material cost is minimal.

Once this is all figured out I plan on offering this service to the AC community via www.modellabs.com (under construction)

[Karl Ottenstein]

Good point, Ignacio. Yeah, I'd try that, Jeff. A local guy said something similar about glass falling apart if it wasn't artificially made thicker. So perhaps thin glass would either be ignored, or just not stay glued together. (Edges of mullions might be rough?)

Let us know what happens - I'm sure a lot are interested in this technology. Nice new web site by the way.

Karl

[Anonymous]

Method 1:

I was able to delete the glass in a 3rd party application and then export out to stl.

stl works in my printer.

I will post some photos soon.

[Anonymous]

Karl wrote:
Nice new web site by the way.

Karl

Thanks Karl. I try and not limit my design to just architecture.

So, if someone needs a website designed just drop me an email.
www.modernmagic.com