Mesh with constant thickness

[gaba]

Whenever I model terrain, I dream of an additional feature that would be useful, e.g. for convenient cutting of roads, various surfaces (etc.) in the terrain mesh, so that it would then also be visible in cross-sections (e.g. by using SEO operations). This is a mesh of a given thickness: 

[Jerryjb]

By allowing the bottom to be defined similar to the top, this could be extremely powerful in calculating earth volumes and defining grades at different strata and stages throughout the construction process.  For our digital construction age for machine control and quality controls, AR and XR visuals this would be a great add.

[Miles Smith]

To everyone in the thread, thank you for you submission and ongoing discussion. We are aware of the importance of this wish and there has been significant investigation around this topic, as it relates to other prioritized development opportunities. The current focus is on other key developments in the short and medium term so I have set the status to "on hold" for the time being. 

[Karel Landa]

Since this Wish is placed on Hold, I believe this can help few people.

There was a question regarding this topic and one user shared his .gdl object which can create a layered mesh with up to 10 layers now.

The object is for download in the communication threat (there are multiple versions)
https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/GDL/Is-there-a-tool-object-for-making-a-mesh-with-a-specified/td...

[Karoly Horvath]

This is essential.

This feature already exist in the competitor tools

Don't put it on hold just to develop something that no one asked for instead, like AI in AC29. Who asked for that? What's the point. All that AC29 Ai functionality was already available without GS spending their own resources to develop it.

[Onno]

👍

[iggiv]

If I understand correctly, the petition has been submitted for evaluation and incorporation into a potential option for Archicad. This is fantastic news, if so!

[Karel Landa]

It is part of the change in the system of the wishlist which was recently published:

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Graphisoft-Insights/Upcoming-changes-and-updates-to-our-Wishlist...

All post that are On Hold, Upvoted, posted just now are now part of "Submitted status"

[Lingwisyer]

ie. The change just means you now do not know whether someting is shelved, waiting for more information or just on the pile of things to be discussed. Maybe related to someone pointing out recently that the majority of top voted wishes here were "on hold".

[JonAnderson-BIMcolor]

Hi all,

My name is Jon Anderson and I’ve used Archicad every day for 20 years. Over that time I’ve built a large set of tools for my own work, for many of the gaps people raise on this wishlist. Along the way I developed some core technologies that keep Archicad elements live and connected to each other. That can unlock a lot of what’s been on this wishlist and some other really interesting things.

I’ve decided to release them to the Archicad community, as a set of tools called LiveSense.
https://bimcolor.com/livesense/

[Moderator Edit - This is a 3rd party solution that you need to purchase.]

The constant thickness mesh is one of the first.

See it in action:

• Constant thickness from a composite. Pick any composite in the project. Every layer sits at a true constant depth under the mesh, with its own building material, and reads properly in section.
• Fully live. Move a point in 3D or plan, or curve an edge, with the normal pet palette, and every layer rebuilds. No duplicating the mesh, no subtracting, nothing to re-run.
• Handles big meshes. It runs comfortably with 10,000 points on a mesh and up to 25,000 depending on your hardware.
• A built-in Mesh Optimizer reduces heavy meshes while keeping their shape. A 160,000-point survey can come down to about 10,000 points and be easy to manage.
• Contour lines, minor and major, each with its own pen, redrawn as you edit.
• A bonus fall label that reads the level and grade of the mesh in real time, wherever you place it.

It runs in Archicad 28, 29 and 30, on Windows and Mac.

There’s a lot more coming, released in sets every month or so.   I’d be interested to hear your feedback.
I hope it helps your work,

Regards,
Jon Anderson
BIMcolor.com
(LiveSense is my company’s product. It isn’t made by Graphisoft.)