Steel beam. Reference Axis

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‎2020-08-02
09:01 AM
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‎2023-05-26
12:25 PM
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Rubia Torres
‎2020-08-02
09:01 AM

Why is it not possible? I can’t understand

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‎2020-08-02 01:27 PM
‎2020-08-02
01:27 PM
Because this beam has a Complex Profile assigned.
You have to go to the CP Manager and change your profile there.
You have to go to the CP Manager and change your profile there.
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‎2020-08-02 04:41 PM
‎2020-08-02
04:41 PM
Thank you very much, @runxel.
Maybe I’m not understanding the procedure, because I think this is not practical at all.
Maybe I’m not understanding the procedure, because I think this is not practical at all.
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‎2020-08-02 05:23 PM
‎2020-08-02
05:23 PM
You're welcome.
I can understand that this seems more like an unpractical solution.
I think I already made a wish somewhere, but maybe not as a new thread. You can always make a new wish on the wishlist!
Some kind of "override" where the origin point of the CP is discarded and instead a bounding box of all geometry is taken into account (where you can select the axis on the the bounding box) would be a very nice addition, because this prevents the duplication of profiles.
I can understand that this seems more like an unpractical solution.
I think I already made a wish somewhere, but maybe not as a new thread. You can always make a new wish on the wishlist!
Some kind of "override" where the origin point of the CP is discarded and instead a bounding box of all geometry is taken into account (where you can select the axis on the the bounding box) would be a very nice addition, because this prevents the duplication of profiles.
Lucas Becker | AC 27 on Mac | Graphisoft Insider Panelist | Author of Runxel's Archicad Wiki | Editor at SelfGDL | Developer of the GDL plugin for Sublime Text | My List of AC shortcomings & bugs | I Will Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again |
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‎2020-08-02 06:49 PM
‎2020-08-02
06:49 PM
Ok, thanks, but do I need to make a new wish? I mean, this post is already a wish.
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‎2020-08-03 04:09 AM
‎2020-08-03
04:09 AM
GOBA wrote:Not really.
Ok, thanks, but do I need to make a new wish? I mean, this post is already a wish.
This is just a post in the 'Working in Archicad' section.
There is a specific 'Wish' section in the forums.
You can even add a 'Poll' so other readers can vote on the importance of the wish.
As runxel mentioned, with complex profiles you set the origin in the Profile Manager, that is why it is greyed out as an option in the beam tool.
Only rectangular and circular beams can have a movable axis (they can also be segmented beams).
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‎2020-08-03 07:12 AM
‎2020-08-03
07:12 AM
Hi Barry, and thanks.
Ok, I thought I had written in the wishlist, I was mistaken. I will make a new wish.
Ok, I thought I had written in the wishlist, I was mistaken. I will make a new wish.
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