3D Door Opening Angle - Per View

[Kevin Cwalina]

We would like the ability to control the 3D Door Opening angle per view. The issue we have is that when we publish a 3D BIMx walkthrough we want the doors to be open, but on the elevation sheets we want the doors to show as closed. There are likely several ways this could be accomplished. The first thing I thought of was to add a setting in the view settings. To be able to change the opening angle, the other would be an MVO to control the opening angle for Elevations and a separate setting for 3D BIMx views. Perhaps there could also be a Graphic override way? It would just be nice to be able to publish a bimx with both the 3D model and the sheets in the same file and have it look the way we want, which is currently not possible to our knowledge. 

[evr]

We fully support this wish and encounter a similar limitation in our workflow. For example, when creating evacuation plans for the fire department, we need to show certain doors in the open position (to indicate the evacuation route), while others—specifically those designated as “close in case of fire”—must appear closed.

Currently, this is not feasible in Archicad: the door opening angle can be set manually per door or controlled globally via the Model View Options (MVO), but there is no way to differentiate between doors within the same view or to apply exceptions. This lack of per-view and per-instance flexibility restricts both the accuracy and clarity of such critical drawings.

Ideally, we would like to see:

• Control of door opening angles (90°/0°) per view;

• The ability to set exceptions per individual door object within a view (so door A open, door B closed);

• Integration of this control within the MVO or view settings—or even through a dedicated property or Graphic Override rule.

This feature would greatly enhance the usability of Archicad for technical documentation.