Theres a new Palette in town! The Doors+Windows Schedule Notes Palette. With this you can add your own database of notes, almost like Keynotes. They can then be assigned to any Window in your Model and these will automatically appear in the Schedule.
You can access the Palette from Cadimage>Doors+Windows>Schedule Notes:
Here you add a category for your Notes, like Finish, Hardware or Glass:
Then you can add multiple notes to that category:
When you rotate a view like explained in this old article:
http://blog.cadimage.com/2012/10/rotate-orientation/
You may find that the marker head of the details placed in plan are rotating with the view. A simple way to allow the marker to rotate is to check the standard Detail Marker to rotate with the view checking this simple settings:
Once you have placed a wall covering you can choose to change the wall side placement by clicking the flip button:
If you place a Cadimage Covering in a wall and wish you had placed it on the other side of the wall, you can change the size with the new feature:
Once youve created your database of Door and Window Schedule Notes you can attach these to your modelled Doors and Windows using the new Schedule Notes Palette accessed via Cadimage>Doors+Windows>Schedule Notes Palette…
Now you just select the Door or Window, click ‘Add…’ and choose the Note you want to add to the piece of joinery to appear in the schedule:
Sections in ArchiCAD may have Infinite or Limited extent. If you choose a section to have Limited extent, you can display a limited part of the model in the section view. Otherwise all story levels will be displayed.
To set limited extent for a section, select the marker in plan view and open its Settings dialog.
Set the Vertical Range to be Limited.
Choose a reference point from which to measure the vertical extents of the section. This may be Project Zero, or you can choose a specific Story level.
Set the height of the section base, measured from the reference level.
Set the height of the section top, measured from the reference level.
If you added steps to a section line, you can remove them by dragging the vertical lines off the end of the section.
If you set the Vertical Range of a section to be Limited, you can choose whether its symbol should only Show on Stories that are cut by the section.
There are two options, you can show the symbol on stories that are Entirely included in the section’s vertical range, or also stories that are only Partly included in that range.
Note that if you choose Entirely in Range, but the vertical range does not span any complete story, the section will instead show in All Stories. This prevents the section marker from disappearing from all plan views.
If a section marker has disappeared from a plan view, it might be that you set the marker to Show on Stories that are Entirely in Range or Partly in Range.
In this case, the markers will only show in plan view, on the stories through which the section cuts. If you adjust story heights, you might find that markers with limited vertical range may appear on, and disappear from plan views unexpectedly.
To set the background fill of a Cadimage Door or Window, open the Settings dialog and go to Window > Wall Opening.
Expand the Background Fill in Plan View settings, and choose a fill type and pens.
You may have noticed that if you use a timber grained finish to your Cabinet Doors… the grain is rotated to 45 degrees as shown below…
If you would prefer to use a different angle, this can easily be set in Doors & Drawers> Door Panels> Model> Infill Panels as highlighted below…
Sometimes when the Editing Plane is visible in the 3D Window it can become a bit overwhelming.
Personally I set mine to only display when I am editing – that way I find the 3D Window less cluttered and easier to manage.
To control the settings go to Options> Work Environment> On-Screen Options and set Display Editing Plane during editing operations only (highlighted below) to ON
If you are about to create a new Polystair with Cadimage Stairs and would like to set the Reference Line position – go to the 2D Plan Preview and click the Left, Centre or Right Node point as highlighted below…
If you would like to globally control the Appearance of your Cadimage Cabinets, all you need to do is go to Document> Set Model View> Model View Options… then set the Cadimage Cabinets preferences to your favourite settings…
Don’t forget to save a Model View Options combination!
Finding the Door Leaf dimensions is a question we are often asked on the support desk. They are available in a subset of Leaf settings (Door Leaf> Left or Right Leaf) as highlighted below…
Rather than use standard Single Glazed units, Cadimage Windows can be set and configured with Double or Triple glazing…
When working with Cadimage Stairs, sometimes it is necessary to switch stringers on or off.
This is quite common on 90 degree turns with treads where the angle on the inside turn makes the stringer geometry very difficult to display… in reality a newel post would likely be fitted in the corner and only the stringers from the upper and lower section would connect.
To help with this configuration, an option was added to allow you to set the stringers on or off or left or right…
In this tutorial I show how to add Railings to the edge of a slab and then edit it to trace the existing shape…
When you place a Wall Covering on a Wall with Openings set at the base of the wall (0mm / 0″) you may see some problems. If the Covering is not configured correctly, the Cladding will fail to extend below the Openings.
In the example above, the left opening has no cladding below, where the right opening is correct.
To make sure cladding extends correctly, you should set Openings [1]> Edge Offsets [2]> No Cladding will be placed below this height [3] as highlighted below:
You may have noticed the question mark button previously across various Cadimage Tools – but with ArchiCAD 18 and 19 it is more prominent…
If you click the button, your browser will launch and take you to the appropriate place in our comprehensive Knowledgebase. In this case, to the Door Leaf page…
