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2019-08-06 12:35 PM
Braza wrote:Layers (in archicad) aren't just a filter method to see or hide elements, they define how you build your information model. I think that human brain works better when a 3d geometry problem is downscaled to 2d (and this will not change shortly) so we will always need a "drawing board" to stock layers of informations (dimensions,texts, autotexts ...).
I think its time for the industry to leave the "Layer Theory" to rest in peace...
Its amazing how we evolved since the 80's, but we still think on layers as if we use a drawing board...
Why don't use the full BIM potential and start filtering what we want to see with Property Filter View Option?
2019-08-07 12:34 PM
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2019-08-10 01:28 PM
I definitely see the logic in your properties filter approach and a layer would just become another 'property' tag, if used at all.
The only issue I see with the property filter process is its current implementation. Like most things with GS they are still stuck in the 90's, so while they have built properties & classifications into AC the process to manage the visibility settings based on these tags (e.g. graphic overrides) lacks a simple 'visible - yes/no' option. Probably because they are still thinking layers are the process to do this.
2019-08-14 05:57 PM
Braza wrote:I can understand you focus a lot on the Model and with that in mind i can agree with you that a vellum paper system is an old way to work.
The problem now is that BIM technology has much more capacities than that and we don't need to think/work in the old way.
Braza wrote:Archicad has no real phase/design option, this is absolutely true, and it's a shame.
For example: You have a remodel project that will be constructed in 3 phases, with 3 design options, with: existing, demolished, new and refurbished elements,
plus MEP, Site work and Structural.
- A window is existent, but will be removed from one wall in phase 01, refurbished and put in another wall in phase 04.
- A water pump may be in the electric project, but also in the water project and also in the HVAC project.
So i filter my model like this:
- (Wall OR Slab OR Window OR Roof) AND (Existent AND Removed) AND Phase01.
- Pump AND Water AND Electric/Water/HVAC.
2019-11-14 11:49 AM