Tutorial IV – Gothic Church
As part of this chapter a new Morph editing option is introduced in details: ‘Solid Element Operations’ is shown as an alternative to Boolean Operations (Tutorial II – Baroque Spire). Watch the video with subtitles to be able to fully follow the thinking of the training. The boxes paired with the tutorial shortfilm will help you to quickly overview the key points of the construction process. Watch the video with subtitles to be able to fully follow the thinking of the training. The boxes paired with the tutorial shortfilm will help you to quickly overview the key points of the construction process.
Editing Morphs Through Nodes & Edges
Morphs can be directly edited by selecting their edges and activating the Pet Palette. Moving an edge or a node can completely reshape the body of the Morph, acquiring the targeted form. Using Ctrl / Cmd additionally creates a copy of the selected node or edge.
Solid Element Operations
There are a number of advantages of SEO commands compared to Boolean Operations. It can be extremely useful that during a subtraction it keeps both original elements, especially as modifying or moving the subtracted elements will modify the result of the operation as well. To completely finalize the action you need to convert the resulted objects to Morphs.
Tutorial I – Gothic Window
Being the starting chapter of the Modeling Tutorial Series this tutorial is about advanced 2D editing using the advantages of special constructing tools like the Guide Lines and Snap Guides. Watch the video with subtitles to be able to fully follow the thinking of...
Tutorial II – Baroque Spire
This part of the Modeling Tutorial Series gives an insight to ARCHICAD’s Morph Modeling by combining the different editing methods to build a Baroque Spire in 6 relatively simple steps. Watch the video with subtitles to be able to fully follow the thinking of the...
Tutorial III – Textured Houses
Textured Houses tutorial provides the learner with more advanced steps on how to add Morph Surfaces, also repeating some previously used editing methods. The tutorial provides information on how to change already set surfaces and how to make new textures and...
Tutorial V – Baroque Church
This tutorial is the final development of the church as more complex details are added to the already finished tasks explained in former modeling tutorials (Tutorial I - Gothic Window, Tutorial II - Baroque Spire and Tutorial IV - Gothic Church). Main new features...
Tutorial VI – Terrain
The tutorial shows the steps that should be taken in order to build a terrain from the base lines of a topographic map. With the help of the Magic Wand the lines of the map can be quickly adapted and afterwards the lines can receive their height values. As part of...
Tutorial VII – Hotlinked Modules
Using hotlinked modules is an option for working with parallel model files while in the meantime integrating them into a joint project file. This soltuion can also be a way for working in a team, though ARCHICAD also provides much more developed options for this....