dpistons wrote:So many ideas!
Hello!
I am using Archicad 9 but i am beginner so please dont be offended with this request.
I am drawing a wall. Lets say it's THICKNESS is 50 cm.
Now I want to make a chimneys in it (different size).
I want them to be seen on a plan view and section view also, that I will be able to print those two.
Best regards
Mar
This is a little tricky, but not THAT difficult
The column tool trick works fine for singular flues in 2D plans and sections, but you can't get the flue cavity in 3D that way. The column tool is solid and won't let you assign a different (or no) material to the core.
Hollow column objects work, but that's complex work. You can also SEO holes in a thick wall, but that will not show correctly in the floor plan.
I usually do this with walls, but if the chimney gets very complex it may be easier with the slab tool as others have suggested. The slab cleans up with walls in 3D but not in 2D. You will have to use a cover fill in the floor plan because the cut fill of a slab only works in sections, not in plans. And note that all fill types don't work in all tool modes.
But walls are the best. You can get walls to work in most situations. Walls in Archicad clean up differently depending on the order that they're drawn.
To get a cleanup around a hole with walls you need four walls.
The easiest way is to start drawing the thin walls around one row of flues, with the reference line on the outside.
Then draw dividing walls between flues, and then the next row of flues, again starting wiith the perimeter.
Then draw the next chimney the same way.
After the chimneys are drawn, draw the thick wall in between the chimneys, connecting to the outer chimney corners.
If they don't clean up fully at once, use the Design (it's somewhere else in 9) > Modify Wall > Reference Line > Offset > By Distancecommand and experiment a little, first on one of the thin transversing walls.
The attached picture shows how these items appear in the different views. The uppermost floor plan is with reference lines visible. A red R marks where I've adjusted reference line positions.
With the right combination of drawing order and reference line positions you'll get there. And please note this explanation is much more complicated than the actual work. And that Archicad 10 improves this cleanup process compared to previous versions.
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