"Dynamic hotspots"?

[Anonymous]

I just purchased the Professional Rendering DVD and in a lesson they use "dynamic hotspots" to adjust the corners of a window to make it fit the slope of a roof...however I have absolutely NO IDEA what they are talking about. There is nothing of the sort available to me on my program. Is there a place where you turn these on or something? I can definitely see the advantages to it and it would solve many more problems other than this tutorial.

[Anonymous]

nevermind...i figured it out...however is there a way to do this with walls?

[Djordje]

Which Archicad?

If you select a window in 3D window, aren't there hotspots on the corners? What happens if you plase the cursor on one, and hold the left mouse button pressed?

A pet palette should come up and you should be able to choose the action ...

Check the manual.

[Anonymous]

Yes. There are two separate ones on the top corners of the window and you can select the vertical or horizontal stretch button to change the pitch of a trapezoid window. This would be ideal if it could be used on walls as well. I cant seem to figure out if that is possible or not.

[Djordje]

aggie463 wrote:
Yes. There are two separate ones on the top corners of the window and you can select the vertical or horizontal stretch button to change the pitch of a trapezoid window. This would be ideal if it could be used on walls as well. I cant seem to figure out if that is possible or not.

It is.

The grouping has to be off. Grab a node on the reference line of the wall and change the lenght. Grab a top node and change height. Same pet palette.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but will that work to create a trapezoid wall?