Siding cornerboards

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to have the siding include cornerboards in rendering. I made the wall material the siding I want, but can't get the cornerboards. I'm new to rendering in ArchiCad, so sorry if this has already been covered.

[Anonymous]

You could check out CadImage's Accessory Tool here http://www.cadimage.co.nz/main.php?main=8&side=38#anc168 It will do this and so much more.

I'm sure the website used to have a more detailed explanation, so look around, you may find it. (Click on the Accessory Tool "more" link and it simply goes through a graphical animation with no more info)

Cadimagetools.com seems to be having technical problems too.

Alternatively, you could draw small walls at corners to represent the facings (put them on a 3D Only layer that doesn't show on plan).

HTH

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brianh wrote:
Is there a way to have the siding include cornerboards in rendering. I made the wall material the siding I want, but can't get the cornerboards. I'm new to rendering in ArchiCad, so sorry if this has already been covered.

the cornerboards need to be modelled. applying a surface texture to your wall is simply that: a surface. the texture doesn't contain the intelligence of a parametric wall system (such as cadimage's accessory tools that s2art describes).

the cadimage tools are probably the easiest method of creating true-to-life modelled elements for this type of wall construction: and they contain a certain degree of intelligence such that moving, reshaping, editing the wall they are applied to will result in the siding cladding re-defining itself to suit.

if this is just a one-off for you you may be content using additional walls, or even rectangular columns, at the corners to form your boards, trims and everything else. you will be stuck with a 'faked' siding though: displacement mapping in the rendering engine can only make up for so much real-world geometry . . .

of course - too much real-world geometry will result in a slow render too - your choice . . .

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