on 2022-07-14 03:00 PM - edited on 2022-08-15 10:21 AM by Benjamin Dani
The Opening Tool is one of the most frequently used Archicad tools in any project for the modeling, information management, and documentation of openings.
Prior to Archicad 26, openings automatically used the same surfaces as the cut elements. Archicad 26 allows more flexible and accurate modeling, display, and documentation of openings.
Users now have better control over the openings' surfaces and Graphic Override options.
Until now, openings could only use the same surfaces as the element that they cut. Archicad 26 enhances the Opening Tool to control the surfaces of openings.
The openings still use the same surfaces as the elements they cut by default, but now you can change them at any time with the new surface override options.
Select an opening and open its settings dialog.
The opening’s extrusion surface is overridden.
The opening’s end and extrusion surfaces are both overridden.
As a result of the changes, the openings are displayed more realistically. This is especially useful in their architectural context.
Go to the element schedules in the Navigator and start creating a new schedule for openings. In the scheme settings, you can add four new parameters with information about the surfaces of the openings, separately from the opening’s host element:
As a result, you will have a new schedule for these surfaces.
Thanks to greater control over openings' surfaces, you’ll be able to model more quickly, document openings in your projects with fewer workarounds, and display them more realistically in their architectural context.
Find more detailed information about the Opening tool in the Archicad User Guide.
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