Tin Roof & Cladding

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I am struggling to get my head round creating roofs - i have almost finished my first official AC project but i am stuck on the final piece. I tried making a Polyroof but the shape is wrong that way.
I have attached a pic of the warehouse showing how i need the roof to be (red lines) then i have shown the gaps (in purple) that a basic roof would leave. I need the cladding to go up into a point to fill that gap but i dont know if i need to draw a wall and trim it somehow or create some kind of triangle shape wall to fit the gap....i have tried searching the forum without success and the 'wonderful' AC training guide only shows you how to construct some wavy roof that is useless on this project....Help please

[Brad Elliott]

HYA,
You are on the right track. Create the roofs and put in a wall at the gable ends. You can then use the Trim to Roof command or the Solid Element Operations (SEO) to trim the wall.

[Anonymous]

hmmm...sounds easy(!) thanks though. i am still struggling with creating a basic roof to be honest - i dont have time on this project to put all the steel girders in then make a roof to match...is there a quicker way to create a simple roof? i have tried drawing in 3d, 2d and section view but i never get the roof i expected. Can you suggest a good tutorial?

[Link]

Can you suggest a good tutorial?

No, but it's pretty easy to get the hang of it. Instead of making the entire roof in one step, you'll make each part separately.

Firstly make sure you have your Statusbar activated (Windows > Palettes > Statusbar) so you can see the prompts.

Then you need to use the Rectangular Geometry method (see attachment).

The first click sets the start of the roof pivot line. This line determines the elevation height of the roof.

[Keep an eye on your Statusbar]

The second click sets the finish of the roof pivot line. This will set the direction of the roof pivot line. The length isn't important, but it's a good practice to make it as long as the roof.

[Keep an eye on your Statusbar]

Now that you have set the roof pivot line, you need to indicate which direction the roof will slope ~up~ from this line.

[Keep an eye on your Statusbar]

Now you need to complete the rectangular outline of the roof (since that is the geometry method you chose).

Don't worry if the height is wrong to start with, you can always adjust it later, either in S/E, 3D or by selecting it and editing it's settings. Once you have got one roof, you can mirror it and edit them.

Editing is another story, but basically you can have ArchiCAD create the ridge, by selecting one roof, and ctrl/cmd clicking the edge of the other roof that you want it to make the ridge. Then repeat the process with the other roof.

Hope that's enough to get you started. Play with it, you'll get it.

Cheers,
Link.

[Djordje]

As you can see, Archicad does even the curved eaves on the warehouses ...

[Anonymous]

Wow! that looks the puppies plums Djordje! is that a render or the real thing?! that is exactly what i am trying to achieve - assuming that is an AC model how did you achieve the companys logo on the side?

[Djordje]

HYAGROUND wrote:
Wow! that looks the puppies plums Djordje! is that a render or the real thing?! that is exactly what i am trying to achieve - assuming that is an AC model how did you achieve the companys logo on the side?

That is the photo of the real thing I took yesterday morning ...

The logo? Well, I can give you the details of the company that did it

Seriously - if you want it in Archicad, use 3D text with whatever font is appropriate. If you don't have the font, then drawing it with the slabs in the plan and saving as a library part (you know how to do that, right?) does the job.

If you have a bitmap logo, then any picture without a frame in Archicad library would do - or a carpet object for the stuff lying on the ground. I use ArchiFacade a lot for this type of stuff, because there all you need is a bitmap and the fill - and ArchiFacade does the rest. Beats scripting.

The extremely manual way is to put an appropriate piece of a wall in place, and align the texture to it. Again, can be saved as a library part.

If you ever get hold of the GDL CookBook, it contain a famous Lioness chapter, where the GDL cutouts are explained to the last detail.

And so on ...

Yes, the project - or, to be precise, its architectural part - has been done in Archicad.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, lots of useful stuff there - just one last question though, does AC actually have a 3d text option or are you suggesting i create it elsewhere and import it as a 3d object?

cheers

[David Maudlin]

HYAGROUND wrote:
does AC actually have a 3d text option

HYAGROUND:

It is an object named "Text 3D 10" and can be found at: Object Library 10 > 01 General 10 > Pictures and Texts 10 folder.

HTH

David