suggestions on modeling a precast concrete panel

[Anonymous]

Still Archi-newbies. Any suggestions on best approaches to modeling a precast concrete panel industrial building. We will also need to create a marketing image / rendering. We are tempted to create an object for each type of panel.

We've done complex profile walls and can show horizontal reveals etc. that way. The vertical joints have us confused. Tried to create a custom fill, but can not specify a unique origin. So the vertical joints are hard to control.

Should we be drawing the vertical joints by hand? Attached is the corner of a similar building done a while back in a 2D program.[/img]

[Mats_Knutsson]

Matthew wrote:

Mats_Knutsson wrote:
I want to bump this one.
The column method is simple but what if I want the vertical line to be really thin, like hairline, and go thin like that to dwg. HowdoIdo?
/Mats

I'm not sure I understand exactly what you mean, but to get a hairline in a profile you can add a node and set the materials differently to each side of the node. These materials can be copies of the same one so the appearance is the same (just the names are different).

For a facade I want hair lines in dwg.

Smart trick about the same-profile-different name! I didn't know that.

[Rod Jurich]

Mats_Knutsson wrote:
/....... what if I want the vertical line to be really thin,
.....................like hairline, and go thin like that to dwg. HowdoIdo?

See attached Mats, not sure of the final result you want.

[Anonymous]

Rod wrote:

Charlie wrote:
/..So the vertical joints are hard to control./.....[/img]

Not any more Charlie, part attached.

This was really good, but I cant seem to get the joints to show in floor plan.

I've tried playing around with the wall but it doesn't seem to want to work.

Is there some trick to it? I'm still learning archicad so i'm not the best at this stuff...

[Anonymous]

Rod wrote:

Mats_Knutsson wrote:
/....... what if I want the vertical line to be really thin,
.....................like hairline, and go thin like that to dwg. HowdoIdo?

See attached Mats, not sure of the final result you want.

HI,

Recently I saw this topic and downloaded your gsm to give it try. However it does not seem working on AC 19 AUS, which I have.

I imported into library, then open object tool but it is not there.

Do you have any idea?

Please advise.

Thanks a lot

[Barry Kelly]

tranthainguyen wrote:
I imported into library, then open object tool but it is not there.

That is because this is a window object and not a standard object.
You need to use it with the window tool.

Barry.

[Anonymous]

Barry wrote:

tranthainguyen wrote:
I imported into library, then open object tool but it is not there.

That is because this is a window object and not a standard object.
You need to use it with the window tool.

Barry.

Oh ok. Thanks for the tip