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TIPS & TRICKS
Tuesday 21 July 2009
how to become an expert ArchiCAD user
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How to: Make walls with different materials or colour bands You can use the Profile Manager to make a new wall profile that can have different materials. To do this you need to go to Design - Complex Profiles - Profile Manager...
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Now using the fill tool draw in the width of the wall and add extra nodes where you want the “material� change. Please note that the cross section of the wall can be any shape that you desire.
Note: You can add any amount of nodes. For this example I only added 2 so therefore I will have 3 edges that I can change the material of.
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Now click on the edge between nodes and change the selection of the pet palette to “Custom Edge Settings�.
Now click on Store Profile and enter a name. You will find this wall under the custom profile wall option.
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Lastly open the “Wall Default Settings” and change selection to “Complex” wall and draw in walls as usual.
The result as viewed in 3D
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