Maxonform ?

[Anonymous]

Did anyone try maxonform and if, can u tell me is it possible to import building in it and play with walls, slabs etc. If not then maxon is nothing special (for me). I see demo on web, i thing is that maxonform is playing with some gdl elements but not with walls,slabs,roofs etc

For past few moths i m adictve to sketchup. For me thats best modeling software. U can create anything u wish. Only stuff missing in sketchup is some "advance" nurbs commands. Beside that all projects from now on i finish in sketchup.

If i need true reallity i will go to maxwell render


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[Ignacio Azpiazu]

I saw a demo of Maxonform. The demo was done by an architect, with no relation to the dealer, who was familiar with the modeling tools in Cinema 4D but was opening Maxonform for the first at the demo itself.

You can have walls/roofs/meshes/etc. modeled in ArchiCAD and then edit them with the Maxonform modeling tools, but they will then become ArchiCAD objects. Relative to the typical ArchiCAD autoscripted object, one big advantage is that the Maxonform-created object allows you to set the floor plan cut height relative to story elevation. So that if you have a multistory column or bulging wall or whatever, it will show a correct 'floor plan' outline for each story. Since they are now objects and not walls or columns etc. this is generally good only as a geometry underlay for construction documents work, but is good enough as-is for probably most schematic design work.

The funny-shaped object remains editable in Maxonform, as will happen with all plug-ins. The Maxonform modeling tools are very impressive and seemed quite intuitive and straightforward, once you know the interface.

I was very impressed and think it is a great tool for AC 9. I have not bought it yet because I haven't been doing extremely funny shaped stuff, but it must pay for itself with the first real-life use (I would probably buy it straightaway anyway if I were somehow familiar with C4D, thus eliminating the learning curve). One other personal thought is that I figure either it will be incorporated into AC 10, or largely similar functionality will somehow be built into AC 10 if AC won't go down in history, so I am figuring that for the move to make sense both the purchase cost and the learning curve costs need to produce pretty much immediate returns --say six months at most. Which I think is very easily doable, I figure the added functionality and man-hour savings must be paying off with the first small job, actually.

[Anonymous]

Thx for rpy

Then, MF is something very usefull ! Real designer and architect CANT be limited to poor archicad modeling possibitys.

SOO SEE YA PEOPLE

[TomWaltz]

NeckoFromSarajevo wrote:
Did anyone try maxonform and if, can u tell me is it possible to import building in it and play with walls, slabs etc. If not then maxon is nothing special (for me). I see demo on web, i thing is that maxonform is playing with some gdl elements but not with walls,slabs,roofs etc

For past few moths i m adictve to sketchup. For me thats best modeling software. U can create anything u wish. Only stuff missing in sketchup is some "advance" nurbs commands. Beside that all projects from now on i finish in sketchup.

If i need true reallity i will go to maxwell render

Why would you need MaxonForm to model that building? I don't see anything there that looks like it requires NURBS or other free-form modeling.

[Anonymous]

So u really think that i need maxonform for pic above. That would be something like : cannon for muscito !



Pic abouve is just example of archicad - sketchup workflow (nothing more)

I was allways missing real 3d program or something like that in which i will able to draw what ever is on my mind. For now sketchup is perfect becouse it is easy so easy and fast to (push up, follow command etc)
MF is harderto handle but when u get it sky is the limit !


ciao from Sarajevo

[Djordje]

"NeckoFromSarajevo'' wrote:
Pic abouve is just example of archicad - sketchup workflow (nothing more)

Don't see why you needed SketchUp at all ... so simple building is done in ArchiCAD in one morning.

If you know how.

[Anonymous]

Oh, no

I only like how u can create sketch in sketchup! Pic above is not and i repeat again is not anything hard to draw i just like how u can create sketchy look. Offcourse, in archicad we can create sketchy pics too.

So, plz do not post any comments !

For Djordje -

Ona mala vikendica je nacrtana u archicad-u samo sam je malo doradio u sketchapu. A nacrtao sam je u archicadu za tacno 3 sata. Veliki pozdrav za Vas Djordje !

NFS

[gerd]

hi nfs,

back to the maxon form question:
I think, it is a nice tool and it gives you great possibilities to deform some elements in a building. if you want to get organic formed spaces or something like the architecture from z.hadid, the maxonform tool will increase your possibilities and will be a must!
on the other hand the usage is very different from archicad (I didn't manage it in the few time, i had for testing). and it is a one-way: no possibility to transform something back to the original archicad-walls / slabs, ...

best regards

[Anonymous]

Ignacio wrote:
....one big advantage is that the Maxonform-created object allows you to set the floor plan cut height relative to story elevation. So that if you have a multistory column or bulging wall or whatever, it will show a correct 'floor plan' outline for each story. Since they are now objects and not walls or columns etc. this is generally good only as a geometry underlay for construction documents work, but is good enough as-is for probably most schematic design work.

I have MaxonForm and what I read here is really good! ...but how you are doing it.. I have not yet figure it out... lol

thank you,
Andronikos

[gerd]

hi,

this is easy:
after the creation of the maxonform element (when it is placed in archicad) you can mark the element and set the cut height in the parameters list
when it is displayed in more than one story, the cutplane will be placed automatically on the correct height for each story.

best regards, gerd