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ArchiCAD Modeling Tips – BONUS VIDEO!

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This is my third video on modeling chimneys in ArchiCAD. The first covered Complex Profiles and the second discussed the Morph Tool. A HUGE thank you to Gorazd Rajh of Pilon AEC (the reseller of ArchiCAD in Slovenia) for sharing this bonus modeling tip with me.

While building the chimney with the Morph Tool, I had one major issue-I struggled to use the tube command. Well thanks to Gorazd I learned an awesome trick to make the tube command on the pet palette insanely easy.

Here it is:

Awesome, right? It’s little tricks like this that turn the Morph Tool from a nifty new addition to ArchiCAD into the powerhouse super-solution that it really is. Also it’s a good reminder to try the tricks you know in multiple scenarios. I used the Magic Wand with the Morph earlier in my modeling, but didn’t think to try it when I got stuck later. Silly Jared.

And one last time. A HUGE thanks to all my readers and viewers. This series of videos would never have happened without all of you. One reader asked me how to model the chimney, a second challenged me to use the Morph Tool, and a third showed me the answer to my own problem. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Who’s got the next question? E-mail me.

 

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  • May 20, 2013
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    Per Viridén

    Wow, the best tip I’ve seen in a long time! Really useful, Thanks…

  • August 7, 2013
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    Michael Olivares

    Hi Jared.

    Been following your blog for a while now.

    I can’t seem to make the tube command work with the magic wand! I did a similar set of morphs but when I use the magic wand…nothing.

    Is there a specific setting for the magic wand that I have to do first?

    Thanks!

    • August 7, 2013
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      Jared Banks

      The first two things I’d check are:

      1) is Hidden Morph Geometry turned off (it should be off). That would hide the Tube command.
      2) is the section you want to tube touching the path you want to use (it needs to be touching)?

      I don’t know of any magic wand settings that would affect this. If none of that solves it, we can jump on iChat or Skype for 5 minutes and we can see what is going on. I’m sure it’s something simple.

      • August 8, 2013
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        Michael Olivares

        Got it to work! I guess it wasn’t touching the path. I had to use the section to make sure it connected. It doesn’t work on an open path which I wish it did!

        Thanks again for the video!

        • August 8, 2013
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          Jared Banks

          Glad that fixed it. And I didn’t realize it only works for closed paths. I’ll have to think about a solution for that.

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