Dear Sir: Please show me 1) how to create Timber Floor Framing Plan, and 2) how to create Foundation Plan…Thank you

Regards,

Marcelino Cabot Patlong

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Eric Bobrow Reply:
August 21st, 2012 at 7:12 pm

Marcelino -
These are important topics, although they are out of the scope of the QuickStart (basics) Course. I will be discussing framing and foundation plans in one of the sections of the Best Practices Course later this fall.
Eric

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MarcelinoPatlong Reply:
August 21st, 2012 at 11:26 pm

Thank you sir Eric, hoping in the near future I’ll soon get there…

More power to you,

Marcelino

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please show me: 1) how to create fasciaboard and Gutter. 2) How textures of Ridge and valley be seen in 3D or I mean how can Ridge and Valley created. and 3) How to create conplete Roof Framing Plan…Thank you…

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Eric Bobrow Reply:
August 21st, 2012 at 7:10 pm

Marcelino -
I am in the middle of creating the Best Practices Course lessons on Roof Modeling and Documentation, which currently are seen in the Week 16 module. I will be covering these topics:
fascia boards and gutters, creating ridge and valley treatments, and roof framing models and plans. Look for these lessons over the coming weeks!
Eric

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The Roof tool has been one of the many Achilles heel of my learning process. The way you explain things makes learning Archicad enjoyable. Thank you for sharing your knowledge so brilliantly.

Regards

Juliano

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Hi Eric
When i select the sections of the roof for cutting out their
is a green fill comes on how do i turn that off so i just see
the hip and vally lines when editing the roof basically the
same as you have appart from that i am realey enjoying the
course so far thank you.
Derry

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Eric Bobrow Reply:
April 14th, 2012 at 1:00 am

Derry -

When you select something, ArchiCAD will highlight it to let you know it’s selected. The appearance has changed in ArchiCAD 15 to be more subtle, and easier to “see through”; previously it was a brighter color that could sometimes get in the way of seeing other elements. It sounds like you have an earlier version than what I was demonstrating with.

There are some options you can adjust in the Options menu > Work Environment > Selection and Element Information that may help you get a more satisfying effect. In ArchiCAD 15, I can see that this dialog box has an option for turning on or off “Highlight selected elements’ surfaces” and an option for how transparent the surface color is. I’m not sure if you have as much control in whatever version you’re using, but you can go to this area and try a few things.

Eric

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Derry Shinkwin Reply:
April 19th, 2012 at 3:33 pm

Hi Eric
I done what you said i turned off (Highlight Selected Elements’ )
much better for seeing elements.
Thanks

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Hi Eric;

Working in Archicad 11; When I follow your instructions regarding 4.3 Roofs, the roof appears on the ground floor level. Though I am able to follow your instructions and get similar results by making the 2nd floor appear as trace element, the roof is drawn on the ground floor.

Thank you

Rocky

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Eric Bobrow Reply:
April 14th, 2012 at 1:07 am

Rocky -

I just noticed that I never responded to your question that you posted here many months ago. I think that your settings for the roof are different than mine.

Each 3D element in ArchiCAD has a Home Story, which may be set manually in the tool settings dialog or Info box, or automatically based on the element elevation. You may select elements that have already been drawn and adjust their Home Story if you wish.

In addition, for many types of elements, their visibility on remote stories may be controlled within their settings dialog. For example, the roof tool has options for showing on Home & One Story Down, Home & One Story Up, and others as well. You may set this before you draw a roof, or select and modify it afterwards.

So although I don’t know exactly what was different for you, these are the places I would look in order to fix the problem, and make the roof show up on the proper story.

Eric

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This is a great video! I had found creating mulit-story complex roofs ackward. You make it seem so easy.

Thanks.

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I subscribe to a MES program with an ArchiCAD retailer, their classroom training programme is very good. However, this is by far the most comprehensive training I ever had in ArchiCAD. Best value for money, best presentation, giving an enthusiastic dimension to training videos. This Quick start course is helping me consolidate my basic knowledge of ArchiCAD.

I wish I had invested into the Best Practice course earlier.

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Eric Reply:
September 7th, 2011 at 1:05 am

Juliano -
Thank you so much for your feedback!
I love getting comments like this – may I quote you?
Eric

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JulianoMandinga Reply:
May 3rd, 2012 at 6:45 pm

Hi Eric,

Apologies for the delay in replying, of course you can quote me.

Regards

J

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Ross -

Editing the new multiplane roofs can be confusing at first, since there is a dramatic difference between the effects when you position your cursor over the pivot line polygon (the lines that usually are on top of the walls) and the contour polygon (the lines that show the actual extents of the roofs).

I did the editing operation you referred to by pressing down on the outer contour lines, then selecting the boolean subtraction option. This resulted in the extents of the roofs being trimmed back, without affecting the current system of planes, which are based on the pivot lines.

I’m guessing that you pressed down on one of the nodes or edges of the pivot lines, so when you did the subtraction, you changed the pivot line polygon; this caused ArchiCAD to create a new series of ridges and valleys.

It is also possible that you pressed down on the outer contour lines, like I did, but when the dialog box came up that asked if you wanted the change to affect all planes, or leave the custom planes unchanged, you said to modify all planes. I’m not sure if this would cause the exact issue you describe, but it does cause unexpected changes to the roof geometry – planes that were removed (as when you create a gable end) will return to position, creating a hip condition; probably not what is desired in most cases.

I hope this brief explanation helps you, and others, who get unexpected or undesired results while editing these multi-plane roofs.

Eric

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HI Eric, this does not work for me, when I try to cut out the section of roof that is over the upper floor, Instead of it just cutting out the unwanted roof as it does for you, It cuts it out alright but then goes and re works the geometry for the rest of the remaining roof, adding new ridges and valleys, not what I want at all but I am trying to find out how to do it the way you showed but I can’t seem to find the setting, sorry if I am a bit unclear .. Ross

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