2009-02-04 08:51 AM
2009-02-04 10:37 AM
2009-02-04 10:58 PM
2009-02-05 12:53 AM
rwallis wrote:As Wes, or someone else, noted in a Revit v. ArchiCAD thread ... many of our wishlist items may be in Revit ... but many of their wishlist items are in ArchiCAD. So, if one wants to get unhappy about a half-full glass, one will be unhappy anywhere.
Rather depressing to realize increasingly most**wishes** are found in a competitors product....
2009-02-06 09:24 AM
2009-02-06 10:42 AM
Olivier wrote:That's pretty impressive. Hope we'll have something like that in AC in the future.
For example if you are planning a block in a city and would like to see how many sq. meters you would have in your different volumetric options.
Here it is a link that shows how it works between Rhino and Revit:
http://designreform.net/2008/07/17/rhino-autocad-revit-linking-complex-form-to-drive-massing/
2009-02-06 10:51 AM
2009-02-10 01:40 PM
vistasp wrote:Yep... working sketchup-import...released with Archicad
Since sketchup is so widely used (and does an excellent job of massing), it might be preferable to ask for a more powerful sketchup importer. If GS is to concentrate its resources on core BIM/architectural functions they need not duplicate something that's already available. Just my Rs. 0.02
2009-06-03 09:03 AM
2009-06-03 06:37 PM
NandoMogollon wrote:Such improvements to the zone tool have been suggested before and would be GREAT. Truly a BIG improvement but not a trivial effort I think. The zone tool already has numerous relationships and functions within the program and maintaining these while expanding the geometry definition of the tool could be quite a challenge. Nevertheless very much worth doing IMHO.
A massing tool as called by Revit users, is basically a free 3D from volume, "sketchUp-like" where you can Start the design process.
AC doesn't need to create a new tool for it.
Indeed it would be a Great Improvement for the Zone Tool.
Just imagine an improved new Zone Tool where you could:
- Model a Free mass Zone, in a SketchUp style. (push & pull) to start the creative process.
- Automatically create walls and slabs or roofs with the magic wand (3D window) on the faces of that Zone.
- Split the Big zone into several smaller zones or spaces. Think about zones belonging to another zones, this would improve also the relations between elements.
- Keep the relationships between Zones and construction elements (i.e walls), so if you move/push/pull one side of the Zone, the wall/slab follows the change.
To me it sounds like a BIG Improvement (not a new tool, but the improvement of a known old one) with little effort from GS.
Best Regards.
Nando