Add a button to add open material editor in parameters secti

[Anonymous]

This happens to me usually.
I am editiing or creating an object (wall , slab, furniture....) and its time to edit the material parameters. When i arrive at the parameters i see that i dont have the desired material (i usually create custom materials like Exterior_Wall_1). If that happens i have to close the properties dialog and go to the materials dialog box add the material and go back . If the object has 5-6 materials i have to write them down.

Whouldnt be easier in Materials section to have a button next to the dropdown list , pressing it will open the material editor, i will add the new material , and when closing it , the dropdown list will have that material. Saves much time.
Minor tweak but timesaver.

Your Opinion?

[Ben Odonnell]

oreopoulos,
Have you tried out or read about this http://www.dunako.com/MatManager3D.html tool from Danuko?

Although it's not exactly what you want, it could help you on your way. I have beta tested it and I belive that again, this is some thing that should naturally be included in the ArchiCAD package.

BTW, you have my vote

Cheers.
Ben

[Anonymous]

Ben wrote:
oreopoulos,
Have you tried out or read about this http://www.dunako.com/MatManager3D.html tool from Danuko?

Ben,
I looked at this product and found it to be very interesting. I especially like the statement "...done in 3D window of ArchiCAD using a modeless dialog window (dialog which does force the user to close it in order to perform other tasks)...."

I believe many design/modeling tasks should be handled this "modeless" way.

there is no information regarding the availabilty of this product - do you know when it will be available?

P.S. I vote essential on this one as well
Thanks,
Dan K

[Rakela Raul]

I have beta tested it and I belive that again, this is some thing that should naturally be included in the ArchiCAD package

me 2 and i agree 100%

[Ben Odonnell]

Dan wrote:

Ben wrote:
oreopoulos,
Have you tried out or read about this http://www.dunako.com/MatManager3D.html tool from Danuko?

Ben,
I looked at this product and found it to be very interesting. I especially like the statement "...done in 3D window of ArchiCAD using a modeless dialog window (dialog which does force the user to close it in order to perform other tasks)...."

I believe many design/modeling tasks should be handled this "modeless" way.

there is no information regarding the availability of this product - do you know when it will be available?

P.S. I vote essential on this one as well
Thanks,
Dan K

Hi Dan,
I have e-mailed the guy who has done the add-on and he will answer
all of your questions. Today hopefully

Cheers.
Ben

[Anonymous]

Working only on 3d is not the best, although its ofcourse a big help.
I was talking about a small button next the material, but in 3d its usefull too!
Very usefull

[__archiben]

Ben wrote:
Have you tried out or read about this www.dunako.com/MatManager3D.html[/url"> tool from Danuko?

hey! that's a great add-on! pavol will soon become the new fabrizio?

i tend to agree that it should be present directly in archiCAD, but i too
would love to know when this is going to be available . . .

i've voted 'important' for the original wish . . . and possibly not just for materials. anywhere you can set an attribute there ought to be some way of directly accessing those attributes before continuing . . .

cheers
~/archiben

(by the way - i'm assuming that it's a typo on dunako's website when it says that the modeless dialogue does need to be closed?)

[Anonymous]

Dan wrote:
Ben,
I looked at this product and found it to be very interesting. I especially like the statement "...done in 3D window of ArchiCAD using a modeless dialog window (dialog which does force the user to close it in order to perform other tasks)...."

there is no information regarding the availabilty of this product - do you know when it will be available?

I appreciate your interest in MatManager3D.

We plan to release MatManager3D in first half of March 2005 - we are literally just a few days from the release. I will post a message in ArchiCAD-Talk News section when it is released but if you want to be notified directly please let me know privately.

Thanks.

Pavol

[Anonymous]

~/archiben wrote:
hey! that's a great add-on! pavol will soon become the new fabrizio?

Thanks for a great compliment.

~/archiben wrote:
(by the way - i'm assuming that it's a typo on dunako's website when it says that the modeless dialogue does need to be closed?)

Yes, it was a typo - it is gone already.

Pavol

[__archiben]

Pavol wrote:
Thanks for a great compliment.

you're welcome!

can you tell us whether matmanager3D can 'paint' different edges of the same polygon with different materials? as in this thread:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=5790&highlight=

cheers
~/archiben