Exploded axo view

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone knows how to create exploded view of 3d models like you would in Revit and Autocad Architecture.

Or, do you have any suggestion or related articles that I could use to create an exploded axo view for my project. I have been searching on youtube and online and tried grafhisoft help section as well but I was unable to find any instructions.

I desperately need to know how to do it since I do not have time to learn how to use Revit since I invested so much of my time on Archicad!.

On the other hand, I thought I could just use Revit to create exploded view and I downloaded Revit then installed IFC add in to the software to make my file compatible, but no matter what I did I was unable to open my project in Revit. I followed the instructions to "each letter"on line to save it accordingly but I ended up wasting almost a day to try to solve this problem.

I would truly appreciate if you could help me on this matter.

Look forward to your replies.

Many thanks

[alemanda]

I think there's no automatic way.
You just have to move the parts of your 3D view to build your exploded view.
If you don't have hundreds of pieces it should be not difficult and not too long to do.

[Eduardo Rolon]

The other non-automatic option is to save 3D Documents of the different elements and arrange them in a Layout.

[Rastisan]

Does this mean isolating the elements in model view that you would like to see move their position on the axonometric drawing and saving them as 3D views. And then compositing these 3D views in a layout that you achieve the "explosion" effect (moving elements up, down or sideways from their actual position)?

[Eduardo Rolon]

Yep.

[Rastisan]

Nice! Have an axonometric to do and look forward to testing this method.

One more question: Are the view that you save "live" in the sense that any changes in wall thickness or beam profile dimensions update themselves automatically in the axonometric?

[Rastisan]

I have created a 3D document from an axonometric drawing as the basis for isolating different elements and saving them as views for compositing. What is the best way to isolate elements in this 3D document. Only with turning off layers or is it possible to isolate selected elements like the F4 button does for perspective? Is there a similar way to do this for the 3D document?

[Eduardo Rolon]

Isolating (F4) in 3D Window before creating the 3D Doc is enough, no need to turn off layers.

[Rastisan]

Thanks, it worked!

[Erwin Edel]

Last time I did this I grouped up the elements into the subgroups I wanted and then saved each group as a module and designated a corner of my project to arranging things. I put the modules on a Master Layer with separate layer intersection group number so it won't interfere with anything and is easy to hide.

I found it easier to annotate in a complete 3D document, than cobbling together something on layout only.