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Yes. It's all about how the reference lines connect, or more importantly don't connect. One reference line might be at the outside face, the other at the inside face. Then I manually move one end to touch the other beam, but make sure the reference lines don't touch so that the beam ends don't merge.

You can shift+click (eyedropper) between library parts in the window/door/object settings.

Thank you! Toilets are always the best example to use whenever possible. :)

Schedules are simple. They only look at what design options are visible. So there's really nothing special you need to do other than make sure you have the schedule set to the right design option combination. That's why I recommend in an earlier video to set all your views to a "proposed scheme" D.O. combo so that you can quickly update that D.O. combo and get all your views and schedules to display accordingly.

@@Shoegnome thank you! 🙂👍

You're welcome

Set the segments to 1 to get just one overall door. Then under that segment, you should be able to set the number of shelves.

@@Shoegnome thanks so much that seriously helped me immensely

You can set elevations, sections, and interior elevations to Manual rebuild Model. Similarly you can set any placed view on a Layout to manual instead of automatic update. In general you want to avoid this though. If the model is slow to rebuild when you open a view, check to see if there's some model elements slowing things down (complex geometry, excessive SEOs, bad objects). Often it's worth saving a copy of the file, deleting elements, and figuring out if it's just one or two bad items. It usually is.

Thank you!

You mean those that care about maintaining a clean list of attributes and those that are wrong!!!

Ha! Yeah. or" those that care about maintaining clean attributes and those who cannot be trusted"!!@@Shoegnome

@andrewkleidon913 yes!!

That's a design problem, not an Archicad problem. The miter / geometry is what it is. Miter the two roofs, move the corner of the overhang to be equal distance at the corner of the building and then see what that does to the rest of your roof form. The miter won't be 45 degrees and won't cross the building line at the corner of the walls either. In general on old buildings with two roof slopes the overhang isn't equal or there's some other construction technique used to solve the problem. It's not one Archicad can make work on its own.

@@ShoegnomeThanks, I will explore your suggestion! Exact, this is for an existing building. Any chance you have a visual tutorial on the matter?

I don't. If you're matching an existing building then definitely start from the eave and work backwards. Figure out the fascia and then let the roof be what it needs to be. It'll be weirder than you expect.

Hello back, I was able to make it work. My ridge line was about 36.8deg for a 6:12 and 8:12 hip roof. I placed the reference line of the higher pitch roof to the new ridge line. The lower pitch roof (6:12) reference line stayed at the structure edge of the wall and simply mitered the roof planes to the other roof (8:12).

@@bividesignthat's great!

😄 you're welcome!

Renovation filters/status work with design options. Any element on a design option can be new, existing, or demolition. But an element can only have one renovation status and be on one design option. So if you want Wall A to be existing in Option 1 and demolished in Option 2, then you need two Wall As.

Glad you found them wicked helpful.

Glad you enjoyed it!

I'll add that to the list of bonus items to discuss in a future video, assuming there's enough stuff.

Design Options are an easy addition to your typical layer combinations. And yes, save current view will save whatever design options are visible. Though for views, I recommend making sure you are using a Design Option Combination rather than having that setting set to Custom.

@@Shoegnome ah I see, I’ll make sure to create a layer combination instead of custom. Thanks for the tips! I’m currently using it for my project but my program crashed twice after duplicating an option and trying to move one of the duplicated walls in the new option. Not sure why maybe just a glitch.

Update to the latest version of Archicad 27. There was a bug in the initial release that caused a crash when duplicating a Design Option that contained dimensions.

Ah! That’s exactly what was happening with the dimensions. I’ll try to update. Much appreciated.

You can switch between Design Option Combinations view the Quick Options Bar or Palette, by switching between saved Views, or (in my Work Environment) I have a drop-down that also allows me to switch between combos. If you want to turn on/off individual Options though, you either need to open Design Options Manager or click on what you want in the Design Option Palette. I tend to turn on/off the D.O. Palette with a keyboard shortcuts to change what's visible or use the quick options palette to switch between combos.

You're welcome!

It's sounds like what's happening is the template you are importing to has different attribute numbers. So in my template Background is say fill #36, but in your template AR-SAND is fill #36. Archicad is prioritizing attribute number over name.

Yup. That's exactly the issue but, it's fixed now. Thank you very much. @@Shoegnome

💯 correct about D.O. being a visibility tool. I'll definitely record more videos about Design Options in the future if/when I have more to say. I'm really glad you've been enjoying the series.

Update to the latest version of Archicad 27. That fixed a bug where duplicating a Design Option with dimensions crashed Archicad.

It's a small app called Presentify. It's maybe $5, allows me to hit Ctrl+A to start drawing over anywhere on the screen at any time, and is the best little app ever. I can't recommend it enough. It also has a cursor highlight feature which I rarely use. I'll scribble over the screen during a meeting then screenshot what I drew before hitting escape to make the drawings go away.

And yes, proposed scheme is an absolute must.

When it's time to incorporate design options, it'll be quite fast just to create the ones you want and update the view map by selecting all the views at once and changing their d.o. combination to proposed scheme. One thing I don't mention in the videos is that when copying between files, elements bring their design option with them. So one way to populate a file with D.O. is to copy elements in..but that'd be slower and more of a hassle than spending 10 minutes to create them.

And totally agree. The grid with 3D gets so cumbersome, especially when you're trying to design multiple stories at once. That's the real game changer. Being able to shuffle between and compare/mix different schemes on different stories.

I haven't looked to see if there's any import/export feature for design options. I don't think so.

That makes sense. I'm going to mimic your setup in the video and use that in my first V27 template as a starting point. I want to start using Design Options ASAP. It will make my workflow much more fluid. Good to know about them bringing the DO name along with them. I'd guess there may be some issues with hidden objects or artifacts bringing that info along into new files - but, that will remain to be seen. Does this occur or cause issues with favorites as well? @@Shoegnome

No issues with favorites because design options aren't saved with favorites. I don't have all my standard design options set up yet, so we'll all be exploring for a version or two while we collectively figure out what are the right D.O. to have and use. I'm definitely still experimenting project to project.

I like the 2D linework as reference for as builts because there are often slight adjustments between the original measurements and the final model. So those static lines are the raw data. A 2D worksheet would definitely work just as well for storing the linework. Although with a Design Option, that information can live in its original location on every viewpoint and story.

All those options are just settings within the objects. They are easy to change.

Thank you. I'm super excited to share the next 3 videos.

@@Shoegnome do you knowing any issues of importing a v26 model into 27 and then using the design options?

@markrenz9381 I'm literally doing that right now! In fact I've almost exclusively worked on design options with projects migrated from 26 to 27. No issues other than needed to set them up from scratch.

@@Shoegnome awesome. Thank you.

Excellent video, really clarified a lot for me! Looking forward to seeing the rest of your workflow.

My template uses the Archicad 27 USA library. You'll need to download that. Check my template FAQ page for more information.

Thanks. Welcome to the Archicad family. If there's a video you're looking for that I don't have, let me know. I'm always looking for new topics. I can't promise I'll have time to record anything quickly, but sometimes stars align...

Thank you!!!

Yes. If you do layered walls like this you always need to use separate layers with different intersection group numbers. Otherwise it'll be a mess.

Make sure you are applying the work environment in addition to loading it. And if you want Archicad to remember it, set the work environment as your default.

There's too many unknowns for me to know what you need, but often to create a materials legend I just fake it with filles/composites/etc on a hidden layer or worksheet. In 27, I'd probably do a design option for legends so that everything can be modeled and hidden. But that explanation will have to wait for a future video.

A lot of people do that. It's actually harder though. Once the graphic override is set it's automatic and works forever. And you don't have to worry about fringe cases where you need to show doors at weird angles. Also door swings can be accidentally changed by coworkers.

Working on more!

Thank you. I felt the same way for a long time. Once you start dabbling at the edges of object creation, simple GDL suddenly becomes much less scary.

Thank you so much. You're the best! Glad you liked the video.

Thank you!

I'll let Madeleine know. And you are absolutely correct. Object creation needs to happen in a clean version of your template and not in an active file. I should have mentioned that! It's important for preventing attribute pollution and also making sure your Objects are built in alignment with your template.

Completely agree. I have a few other simple Object making video ideas brewing. Hoping to record one more by the end of the year.

Thanks!

Thank you so much Gerald. You're the best.

Thanks!

You're welcome!

The morph is so you can properly set the origin point of the Surface correctly in 3D. You could really do it with any tool, as long as you can locate the proper corner of the image you are using in 3D.

The zip file is for the work environment (which needs to be downloaded separately). The TPL is the template file. To open it, right click on the file and select Archicad or open Archicad and browse for the template file when you click the "New..." button just as I show in the video.

Thank you. Where can I find the zip file on Shoenhome?

@@mancinidesignbuild Links to all my Work Environments can be found here: www.shoegnome.com/work-environment/ The Zip file is the Work Environment referenced in the video.