live 3d section video?

[Anonymous]

Is there a way, in AC11 or any other program, to take a model (made in AC11) and create a rendered movie of a section plane moving through the building?

In effect, much like moving a section plane through a model in SketchUp, but with the graphical output rendered rather than like SketchUp...

[Anonymous]

I think you are looking for "Create fly through". Search in help menu how it works.

[Link]

You can't do it in ArchiCAD, but any decent animation package should be able to do it. 3D Studio for example.

Chers,
Link.

[Dwight]

With all due respect, I believe this CAN be done, but not with the simplicity and not as "live" as in Sketchup.

"Live, Sort-Of"

In the 3D OpenGL view, your "section line" would be a large block used to SEO the target object. You'd pull the block around and push it into the object where you wanted a peek. This could be quite slow depending on the complexity of the model.

"Animation, More-Or-Less"

I suspect that with a little GDL, this large block could be moved to SEO the model, being moved through the rebuilt-every-frame model with code linked to the animation frame like we do with the opening door trick.

Any GDL experts want to tackle this one with a short script for a parametric block with a displacement link??

[Anonymous]

Ah, sorry, missunderstanding your question, I think Dwight is on the right way. I think it could be done with GDL and the part in GDL where you have a part that coop with SEO but isn't visible to the eye. And a timevalue that make the GDL object change size on time-axis.

[Anonymous]

Whew...this is all overwhelming to me....Im not that advanced a user yet. I hate to be a bother but could I perhaps get a more mid-level explaination?
I think I somewhat get the main concept: each frame would have the section plane move just a fraction more, correct? I know I can manage this, but once you get into the cameras, key frames, etc stuff then I get a bit comfused as Im just in the past day or two beginning to explore this feature.

Thanks for all the input!

[Dwight]

Kid: Relax.

The coding trick i describe is too advanced for you right now.

Just play with using a big slab to chop your model using the Solid Element Operation to get the point of how this is done. Read the manual for this useful trick.

Somebody - maybe even me - will come up with the code solution and might make a simple object to solve the problem for everyone.

But not tonite, eh?

[Anonymous]

Yes indeed.

I believe I can just do as you say, then rendering each frame with, say, a 1" move or so, then compile the files into a video. Certainly more tedious but shouldn't be too difficult overall. Good enough until I can manage my way around scripts and all that jazz.

Thanks for the help!

[Dwight]

Excellent Archicad Anonymous attitude!

"One frame at a time"

I would love to see the result.

[Anonymous]

Ill post here when its done...may be a few years but ill get it

Thanks again!