Renovation status for composite walls and complex profiles

[julienK]

Our office does mainly renovation so we use renovation filters extensively. While they are very useful the workflow associated with it is suboptimal to say the least, mainly for two reasons.

1. For a project which requires replacement of the existing insulation we have to first create the wall, then duplicate it to create the existing insulation and yet another one for the new  insulation.  This could be avoided completely if we could manage those layers directly with a composite wall where we could assign renovation status to the layers.

2. Another inherited problem from this workflow especially when dealing with large residential buildings is that when we duplicate the wall to create the insulation layer we have to transform the windows into openings.

In previous Archicad versions when you selected different sized windows  and transformed them into openings, the created openings would keep their initial size. For some reason since a few Archicad versions this is no longer the case. All created openings will take the size  of the last selected window.

[arch_08]

I agree, this would be excellent.

However, we could avoid this if we could link windows, doors, etc., to multiple objects simultaneously, similar to how you can do it with openings. This way, we'd avoid most of the issues listed.

For example, you place a wall, then next to it you place a new wall that represents only the existing insulation, facade, etc. You could then connect both walls by inserting a window, door, etc., into both at the same time.

Then you demolish the existing facade and place a new one, which you again connect to the wall.

Unlike others, we don't draw double walls that then overlap. We solve the issue similarly to what's described above, with the difference being that in the new facade, which is a separate wall, we add openings in front of the window, which we then hide in schedules.

It works, but it's time-consuming and takes considerably more time than it could."

[Lingwisyer]

It would appear that this wish has disappeared from the Roadmap... The Great Purge 2.0?

[Fabio Ferrini]

It’s truly absurd that such a fundamental feature for architectural designers is no longer on the roadmap.

[Federica_Grande]

Yes I think it's an important feature to add. It would help a lot in projects within existing buildings, which is more and more common.

[Jp1138]

Very dissapointing. But lots of AI stuff has appeared, even in coming soon 😶

[Lingwisyer]

For the loss of this wish, will it have been left in the oven long enough?

[fcdehhh]

very very bad.... Graphisoft just like Apple think love lasts forever... and it does not.

Revit growing and spreading everywhere thank to Autodesk power

[TaniavH]

Adaptive reuse projects often require some elements of a composite assembly to remain but others be replaced. For example, keeping just the structural / core element of a wall or slab assembly, but demolish and replace the finishes. The options available are:

1.  either creating a "stack of pancakes" of multiple elements (for slabs), drawing multiple walls against each other (it's a given that this is going to mess up reference lines and intersections) - all of this is tedious to manage long term and will compromise the timeline of these types of projects.
2.  Alternatively, changing the graphic appearance of lines within the composite to fake renovation appearance, but this does not provide any option for changing between existing, demolition or new drawings.

Wouldn't it be great to add this to the much requested feature of individual editability of composite skin lengths????

Moderator edit.

This new wish merged with existing one.

[Laszlo Nagy]

As indicated in the thread, this item is no longer on the Roadmap, so I am setting its status to "On Hold" to reflect the current status of the wish.

[SGraham_MGArchitects]

@Laszlo Nagy  So if it's not on the road map anymore, does that mean it's being abandoned, or is it being rolled out imminently?