Today’s question comes from Ben Jacks, a new ArchiCAD user who is going through my QuickStart Course on the ArchiCAD basics: When you’re finding it challenging to Trim walls or other elements to a Roof (either too much gets cut off, or too little), make the Trimming Bodies visible so you can troubleshoot and adjust the settings.ĪrchiCAD Question of the Day – May 11, 2014 The Trimming Bodies of two or more Roofs or Shells can be combined to create more complex modeling configurations. Each roof may be set to have the Trimming Body based on the Contours (overall extent of the roof) or the Pivot Lines (the area within the pivot lines, which often are set to run along the face of the exterior walls. While you normally do not want the Trimming Bodies to show, they are useful sometimes for checking and manipulating Roofs in ArchiCAD 15 and later versions.
This is turned on and off using the View menu > Onscreen View Options > Trimming Bodies command. The pink/red ghost is called the Trimming Body for the roof. What is it and how do I get rid of it?Ĭan you tell me why my 3D model has this red aura about it? I don’t know what I did? THE ARCHICAD ANSWER I was creating a roof, and when I switched to the 3d view, a pink/red “ghost” building was enclosing my building. Today’s question is one that I have received from a number of ArchiCAD users in the past year – the red haze or translucent volumes that sometimes appear when you’re looking at your model in the 3D window. The ID (which will be seen on plan in the marker as well as in a schedule) may be set in the Tags and Categories section of the Window or Door Settings dialog, or in the Info Box.ĪrchiCAD Question of the Day – May 23, 2014
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This is useful for Empty Openings and other windows and doors for which you do not want to show a Marker. If it is set to “No Marker” then there will be no marker showing. Make sure that the dimension marker is chosen properly. This checkbox allows you to easily hide markers for existing doors and windows while showing them for new ones while useful, this setting can sometimes be confusing: “why aren’t my window markers showing?!!”Ĥ) The dimension marker style for each door and window is controlled in the door or window settings or Info box. For example, if the windows or doors are set to Existing status (meaning they already exist and are not part of a New design), then you will need to check that the Renovation Filter does not have the checkbox set to Hide the Dimension Marker for Existing Elements.
The active MVO may also be set manually using the Document menu > Model View Options submenu.ģ) In a remodel project in ArchiCAD 15 or later, the active Renovation Filter needs to be set properly. This allows you to have markers showing on construction document floor plans, but turned off on ceiling plans, furniture plans, etc. The MVO setting is recorded as part of the View Settings, so specific Views may have different model view options set. Some show the ID for the element inside a circle, hexagon, diamond or other shape there are others that show the size or dimension of the opening.ĭimension markers will be visible if ALL of the following conditions are true:ġ) The layer is visible for the wall that contains the windows or doors.Ģ) The Model View Option (MVO) is set to show Dimension Markers for windows and/or doors.
They are called “Dimension Markers” and come in a variety of styles depending on which version of ArchiCAD you have. Window and Door markers are set in the Window or Door Settings dialog, or the Info Box. How do I get Window and Door markers to show?įor some reason, they are not appearing as they should, even though I’ve checked the settings everywhere I can think of. Today’s question is one that I have received a number of times from ArchiCAD users:
In this section, I take a question submitted by a user and answer it, either in writing or with a video.Įmail your questions to can send me a file with Dropbox – email the link or share a folder to send more than one file. ArchiCAD Question of the Day – June 12, 2014
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