In this video, we create wall elements for simple, rectangular walls. We also edit the elements' corners and add layer offsets to their top and bottom edges. The full transcript of the video is available at archiframe.fi/files/0040_Placing_simple_rectangular_wall_elements.html.
Contents
00:00 - Introduction
Ground level wall:
00:22 - Setting an element type for the wall
00:37 - Defining top and bottom levels for the wall
02:57 - Edge offsets
03:22 - Opening offsets
03:37 - Anchor & element's position in relation to wall
03:52 - "More Settings"
----------03:55 - Raise Roofs
----------04:19 - Force oversizes around openings
----------04:46 - Setting a storey for element elevations
----------05:04 - Planks' ArchiCAD layer
----------05:25 - Cut plane
----------05:42 - Give plank IDs manually
06:10 - 3D view of 1st storey wall
2nd storey walls
06:45 - Determining the elements' levels
08:36 - Setting an edge offset for the elements' bottom edge
09:46 - Setting and edge offset for the top edge
11:11 - Element corner tool
----------11:20 - Long vs short corner type
----------11:58 - Manually editing corners
----------12:04 - Difference between various long types
----------12:26 - Left corner vs right corner, Long L left vs Long L right
13:57 - Creating a corner for the sample house
14:16 - Does it matter whether a particular element has a long or short corner type?
14:36 - 3D view of result
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