Wishes - New Feature Request for MVO setting for 3D opening angle of Doors, Windows & Skylights

[Francois Swanepoel]

Good day Graphisoft Team

I want to post this New Feature Request for setting the 3D opening angle of Doors, Windows & Skylights in "Model View Options" instead of in the Element Settings.

If we need to Publish 3D models to BIMx & Twinmotion (or other render software) with Doors, Windows & Skylights in open position, we have to actually select all Doors, Windows & Skylights and change the in 3D opening angle in the Element Settings, then Publish. Then we have to change it back (or Undo) so that Section & Elevation drawings are as we need them to be. This is not only tedious but causes disruptions, delays & some times errors with drawings in project files of other team members especially when working in Teamwork.

Request / suggestion:

If these Doors, Windows & Skylights settings are controlled in "Model View Options" we can then globally control 3D opening angle (and perhaps also the 2D opening angle) by MVOs linked to Saved Views. This would make it possible to Publish 3D models to BIMx & Twinmotion (or other render software) with Doors, Windows & Skylights in open position but still have them on closed position for Sections & Elevations. Models appear more life like especially when the doors and in some cases Windows & Skylights are in open position.  This will give us more flexible output workflow for different scenarios.

[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.