Set 3D Texture Origin in elevation/section

[Kaj_AL]

This would save so much time, and be a lot easier than having to find the correct place in 3D, and then go back to elevation to see if the corresponding fill has moved correctly. Something similar to how a fill origin can be moved would be great, maybe than can be turned on and off in the On-Screen View Options or somewhere similar.

Thank you!

Kaj

[Paul King]

I would upvote this many times if I could!

[David O]

I totally agree I do this all the time it can be a bit hit & miss this would be so much better

[roderick]

Absolutely !  This would be so helpful, especially for interior design work, so that you could fine-tune tile pattern starting points when working on interior elevations, and then having the 3D representation of the surface match automatically.  This would be a huge time-saver, also because sometimes the feature of defining the 3D texture origin is very tricky especially for fairly new users.

[Erik Bjornhage]

It would be good to have the option of aligning textures based on element geometries.

For example, If I draw a wall then perhaps I want the texture to start from the starting point of that wall - or mid-point.

Similar to the CurtainWall settings (pattern start).

[David O]

Hi Erik

You can do that but it is a little awkward to do, if you place a small object on the floor plan at the point you need the texture to start from then select the wall & the object, Let's say a small column of about 10mm x 10mm height or sizes is not really important just position, next select the wall and the object & view it in 3D, then select the wall  then select the document menu, creative imaging, align texture, set origin and click the edge of the column, the texture will then move to that position, I have it setup as a keyboard shortcut shift O as I use it all the time, one really good feature is it also sets your vectoral hatching so say you have tiles on a wall & you want to set their origin point on the centre of a basin, this will move this as well so your elevation will be correct, I have attached some images to let you see what I mean.

Regards

David

 

  

[Erik Bjornhage]

Yes, this has been possible for a while - but this workflow relies on the user going into the 3D-view and manually adjusting this.

It would be great if we could set (perhaps in the element) the starting point of the texture (and corresponding fill).

That way there is less need for manual adjustments - which in larger projects never happens or takes an obscene amount of time.

[David O]

Hi Erik 

I agree with you totally, it is a pain to do, I hope they can do it in future versions of Archicad

[James B]

Thanks for your input and wish.

I've moved this to 'on hold' for now. Morph has a more modern texture alignment, and would need to be implemented for all other tools. Which element types would you want to adjust their texture the most? Walls?

[Erik Bjornhage]

James,

Thanks for the update (and Merry Christmas)

From our workflow we can see that this would be neded for Walls, Slabs, Columns and Beams. Priority would be for Walls thoug, if I would have to choose.

Antoher thing related is the ability to change the Cover Fill Origin POint on multiple elements simultaneously. For example, it is not uncommon on some of our projects, to have several flooring elements (drawn with Slab Tool) that would have the same or similar coverfill. These would have to have the same user origin in order to get the joints to line up.

Yes, I know that technically it doesn't have to be the same origin - but the idea is that I want to be able to adjust them all at the same time - not one by one.

[James B]

Thanks Erik for the feedback, and Merry Christmas too.

I think the additional request to have Graphic Overrides to keep these custom alignments would logically go along with this one as well.