on point 2.
mind that you may have per-face assignments. I have no idea how ArchiCAD exports breps, but it is theoretically possible to loose material assignment if you only check object materials.
Would you post a simple example - a .3dm input from archicad, and the same file modified manually to the final point you want to go. The I can help you figure out the required steps to get from A to B.
Also what is your preferred programming language ?
One final thing to note - when running the vrayMtlfromRhino command - the UV mapping channel was set to 2 for each (converted) vray material, instead of 1. Having the channel set to 1 displays the texture mapping correctly when rendering. I manually corrected this in the _vray file.
What is the advantage to export the model as 3dm from ArchiCad?
From AC 25 I get the textures assigend only with the meshmodel export option.
For this purpose the obj export is faster with less file size.
Hi,
assuming all materials are standard custom materials (not PBR materials), then we have only 4 textures to check. Also I change the mapping channel to a hardcoded 1. I guess all these assumptions are valid, but in case they are not, you can alter the code as you please
Wonderful Archicad template and blog. I appreciate all the powerful details and concepts you have put behind element attributes, building materials, etc (list goes on and on) in an elegantly simple template file.
Going into each module file to consolidate building materials and attributes seemed like such a daunting task. I did find a solution that was not as painful.. I pulled all the module files in the project off to the side, clearly labeled each group for my reference, and then broke each individual module. I then reconsolidated building materials and attributes in the main file then resaved each new module file in a separate location. This seemed to work just fine. I hope this helps other users!
Ernest, yes a project to share using this template will happen. At some point. There are just a lot more okays for me to get, so it might be a while before I have complete say in sharing a project. But I would love to do that.
Thanks for sharing. I have started converting it to Metric. One quibble as a dyslexic person I find it easier to read text that is in sentence case, using all caps hurts! So I will be tweaking that to ?
Ernest is spot on. And yeah that sample .pla will happen one day. A long term solution will be to provide a sample .pla with the USA objects and/or do a full conversion with all the INT objects. Maybe a Kickstarter campaign or something like that once 18 comes out? Could be a nice way to make that happen.
In the meantime, yes I recommend getting access to the USA library. Which is fairly easy. You can download the USA version of ArchiCAD here. No need to sign in to anything. Also in general for getting access to all libraries, read this post.
Here is a link to metricificated (is that a word?) version plus I have added Cisfb codes and followed BS1192 as far as layer naming goes. BS1192 says using extensions is not allowed so I have left them in as it is fundamental to your template.
Your template has a lot more Schedules than we use in the Uk so my version has split the schedules up as well as removing some of them. Mostly we do a Door Schedule and sometimes a Window Schedule for domestic work.
Yes. That makes sense. It just took me a bit to understand the basic format and different functions of your different pen sets. I like the logic of how it changes the visibility of different views. Thanks for the quick reply.
Also we are still using Cisfb as we feel until the Uniclass system is fully resolved there is no point changing and anyway I hate the idea of changing from nice two digit references to six or even eight digit references!
Jared, Your site is just so inspiring, but I am afraid as a silver surfer learning the arts of ArchiCAD, so much of the terminology (technical not building) is over my head, but hopefully, in time, it will become apparent.
Make sure you have downloaded the latest version of my template (the scenes were included in the template on February 23rd, 2015). Scenes are stored within the file and not in an external folder, so they should be there.
Hi Jared!
I am an architecture student from Brazil. I am starting the study of ArchiCAD by himself. I have followed the articles you write. I am also interested in Template metric for AC18.
Congratulations and thank you for helping me!
Hi. first of all i wanna thank you for this tamplate ive dl it yesterday and its great:D but im having a problem while rendering. im not that good in with archicad rendering tool and sun position etc. ive used the default options from the template but some of my walls/surfaces are coming out totaly black and i dont know how to set the light right ( or is there another problem? ) pls help Thx alot
Jack, you can download the template by clicking on the PayPal support button or the link at the bottom of the post, right above the social media buttons. To use the template, launch ARCHICAD, select Use a Template, then browse for where ever you saved the Shoegnome Open Template .tpl file.
Hi, Jared i was trying to locate the 19 version of your Template!.
By the way, what happens with pensets (yours) and the ones that objects have. i mean does this pensets respect their own pen index?
I know our engineers use AutoCAD and one of them has moved to Revit, so it would be good to be able to import aircon ducting from them as well as having a good standard for exporting. Hoping to negate any advantages of going to Revit with regard to correspondence basically.
IN THE ADVICE FOR shoegnome open template, line 7, it gives advice for pen use. Im a user that like the color on screen but would rather use line weight to correspond to pen thickness. is there a pen set I should use for this approach? Im used to using vectorworks where its what you see is what you get there is no attempt at trying to match a color with a pen thickness.
I found this article from a link in your 12 Steps to starting project. As you and and I have spoken about over the phone, I am new to Archicad and want to learn it from professional users like you with a good well thought out template to design Elevated Beach houses. I was hoping this link took me to you Archicad 22 Template but it appears to focus on 21. How do I access your version for 22? Given you and I focus on residential plans for Reno and New homes, I am confident your template will contain all the elements for modeling through ConDoc creation. Thanks for all you do for the Archicad community.
Jared, I am working on my own company template, and I believe much of the work is done. BUT: As I have mentioned before (some years back), I have made title blocks for different master layouts as GDL-objects. I took your advice from back then and skipped scale as auto text in my title blocks, and now use the build in titles for the drawings (views) on the different layouts. There is only one thing missing, and that is the option to display the name of the master layout used for the different layouts. This would allow me to tell clients that the original format of the layout is A4, A3, A2 or any other format, by naming the different master layouts by the size used. Do you have any clue on how I can achieve this? I have read posts on ARCHICAD talk ( -talk.graphisoft.com) and found several posts from other people with the same desire, but no answers to how.
Yes, this I what we do now. We use two different title blocks, one for preliminary/approval and one for production. This means two complete sets of master layouts A4 to A0, in addition to some without title block and a variation of landscape/portrait. So it is just a little irritating not to be able to integrate this in our title blocks, not really a big problem.
Please tell if you would like a copy of our title blocks, just to see how they appear and how to make them. Apart from obvious language problems and info box differences, they would give you the idea.
Giorgis, I guess that could work in a way, but the need is often when a client has printed the drawing, say an A1 format on an A3 printer, and no longer has control of the scale/sheet size. Then it would be lovely to have the original paper size printed as auto text on the layout, to inform the viewer about the discrepancy. But ideas like yours often bring out new solutions, so thanks anyway.
Dude. I just lost everything from the past year in Archicad and the past six years of CAD due to a ransomware virus. It attacked my back up too. Thank youuuuuu for supplying a template so I can at least have a head start at catching back up to where I was. Backing up to the cloud from now on. Thanks again. See you at next Archicad convention ?
Sounds like the issue is all your elements are set to existing, so the renovation filters are superseding everything else. Change the elements to NEW or change the renovation filter to EXISTING and you are good to go.
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