how do i make vertical curved walls?

[Anonymous]

hi

ive been using archicad for awhile and recently upgraded to version 21 educational version. i was wondering if anyone could help me with how to make curved walls instead of using the shell tool as i would need to add doors and windows on the wall and cant do the same to shells.

a floor plan of what i want to do will be attached.

thanks

[Steve Jepson]

With a complex profile.

[Anonymous]

Steve wrote:
With a complex profile.

Hi thanks for the reply, how do I do this complex files?

Thanks

[Laszlo Nagy]

If I am not mistaken, the attached image shows the side profile of the intended Wall, not its section profile.
In such a case you should model the part you want to remove from the top using another element type, such as a Morph, then subtract it from the Wall using a SEO.

[Anonymous]

Here is information about how to do complex profiles.
https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/tips/archicad/modelling/creative-uses-of-complex-profiles/

BTW even if in this case looks better to use a wall with complex profile, you can add windows to a shell, look into one of my quick tips.

[Ignacio Azpiazu]

[The drawing is a room section.]

Complex profiles is the third option you have in Wall Settings, 'Structure'. Check the Archicad documentation for designing your complex profile.

[Especially if you want window/doors to be anything other than a simple empty opening, for that design things might be easier if the lower part were a sloped wall and the top, vaulted part a separate wall with its complex profile.]

[Steve Jepson]

Nerolex wrote:

Steve wrote:
With a complex profile.

Hi thanks for the reply, how do I do this complex files?

Thanks

Take that curved line of the wall and put it in your floor plan.

Select a wall and make the thickness you want - multiple skins are ok.
Use the magic wand to make the wall fallow that curve.
Explode the wall and consolidate the fills.
Open the Profiler and paste the fills.
Save the Profile as a wall.

Here is a rather poor example of how to do it but I think you can get the main idea of how to do it. https://www.screencast.com/t/ns3zCMPYl
The same way would be true for just about any Complex Profile you want to make but sometimes can just use Capture to make a Profile.

[Steve Jepson]

The next thing you are going to want to know is how to put doors and windows in to a wall curved in that way
https://www.screencast.com/t/bLQSnrX1BWLV

Shall I let you give it a try before I show you ?