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So like Software with parametric BIM Tools offers these Tools to allow With Building Part creation and I don't see that as their job either. Job, I also think that architectural Software Users are overburdened You can create any complex parametric Window you can imagine.īut as working with constraints is a quite abstract and complicated With its 3D Constraint System, the parametric "Tools" basically happens That is very specialized and covers most users needs very well)īricscad's approach is basically unlimited. (While Archicad seems to be one of the most sophisticated Apps Standard 3D geometry and manually attaching BIM Tags. It is not very satisfying if you reach their limits and have to switch to I'm not too sure if there are any more tools for creating architectural elements but would like to think this would be a consideration to help the user with design, rather than spending too much time creating items longhand.īIM Plugin Tools work fine as long as they cover your use case. Other BRICSYS-BIM Architectural tools I see is a basic window Window/door parametric tool. I'm not too sure if this is correct & altering these items after creation seems like "back-tracking" but I think this thought process lets you draw/design from the get-go rather that deep parametric set-ups, so quite an interesting take on this process.
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Prior to your post, I was wondering if BRICSYS-BIM would ever develop a full set of Parametric editors for all these important Architectural elements ?Ĭurrently I think BRICSYS-BIM has a COMPOSITION tool for walls/floors etc to alter walls after their creation to look more detailed. I've also understood that their Parametric editors for such things as walls, floors, roofs, stairs & doors/windows etc allows one to create your own individual elements (perhaps then save to a library) with relative ease & adjustment rather than "LONGHAND" so to speak using 3D primitives etc, (which I think is BRICSYS-BIM direction on some items) so I'm a little confused. So, are these editorials I've read misleading ? I've always read that ArchiCAD was considered by many Architectural designers as a good BIM & 3D Architectural software programme given its many years in the business. I was interested to see your reference to ArchiCAD as a "fossil" Architectural software programme. Them with static objects if you need full detail.
I think that parametric objects should rather be kept simple, and that it makes more sense to replace However, if the complexity of the model increases, full parametrization may turn into a nightmare. If you are familiar with constraints as a concept, such modifications will only take minutes. I think that parametric objects should rather be kept simple, and that it makes more sense to replace them with static objects if you need full Hohenberg said: added a distance constraint so that the sill will protrude 20mm from the wall surface.added two distance constraints to keep the front and back face height constant.added a profile, and constrained most of its faces to stick to the window frame.pointed the constraint for the bottom frame thickness (Distance_39) to this parameter.added a parameter "FrameThicknessBottom".In the attached example, I took the provided "Window_1x1.dwg" and edited it a bit according to what you asked for: You should therefore not expect the provided window and door objects to cover all your needs, but rather see them as examples and a starting point to create your own. BricsCAD so far mostly followed that line, and I hope they will stick to this. I partly work with such a fossil (ArchiCAD): Gigabytes of provided objects, some of them with hundreds of parameters - you can spend hours checking them out, and in the end you still don't find exactly what you were looking for.Ī versatile CAD system should not force you to content yourself with the given, but rather empower you - the educated user - to create anything you wish. There are already enough applications available that try to cater for the exact needs of their customers in all varieties of markets, and this IMO leads to bloated and in the end unmanageable software. saveas ( "auto_blockref_tutorial.Frankly, I don't think this is something Bricsys should be bothered with. add_auto_attribs ( values ) # Save the drawing. # Define some attributes for the block 'FLAG', placed relative # to the base point, (0, 0) in this case.