ARCHICAD How to use the Shell tool for a Facade

[@Parthinhell]

Holy moly, it seems archicad keeps getting more interesting the more i see your videos.

[@ASMTechbase]

yep it's not a bad piece of Software at all ! Thanks for joining and hope you will learn heaps

[@francisdeng4588]

this is an incredible master piece .

[@ASMTechbase]

thank you very much, appreciate the feedback ! Pleased you liked it.

[@fahroziumar]

very good lesson, always learn something new from this chanel

[@ASMTechbase]

Thanks that is good to know ! My apologies somehow missed your comment.

[@madichieekene1092]

Great! keep up the good work. i have learnt a lot from this channel

[@ASMTechbase]

this is great that you learnt heaps, I love passing on my knowledge, thanks !

[@hannahbaker7428]

thank you, very helpful!

[@ASMTechbase]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DSven2000]

Hi Carsten! Thanks for the tutorial. Question - Can you predetermine the extrusion depth of the cutouts prior to executing the operation?

[@ASMTechbase]

Good question but I don't think so. I will have a play around and see if it is possible.

[@salamayad8757]

Amazing, thank you so much

[@ASMTechbase]

You're very welcome!

[@coyotl23]

Good Job! 👍

[@ASMTechbase]

thanks, you are most welcome.

[@suldaansaciid4387]

thanks alot :) we are requesting a photo render settings?

[@ASMTechbase]

the photo rendering settings are just a default I used for this tutorial, like outdoor daylight medium. I did work on the glass and "copper" material a bit to get the right look.

[@suldaansaciid4387]

thanks alot, God bless you

[@suldaansaciid4387]

but if I cahange my default setting, how i can repeat it back?

[@ASMTechbase]

If you use some render setting you are very happy with you can save them as a default for yourself. If you click in the photo render settings, the pull down menu next to the scene has an option called: Store scene as . You can save you settings there and reload them at anytime under : Select and manage scenes.

[@gcaze1]

this is some good stuff, thanks, also whats the name of the instrumental playlist in the background?

[@ASMTechbase]

Great you like it thanks. It's just some free background music I downloaded a long time ago, can't remember from where.

[@ecoit2898]

Many thanks.

[@ASMTechbase]

glad you liked it, thanks !

[@aznlee2]

On 12:50, do I select the shell and press F5 so I can change the shape freely?? It doesn't seem to work for me

[@ASMTechbase]

If this is in regards to tilting the top or bottom of the Shell then yes . Select - F5 - then make sure when you click on the shell , you DON"T click where the construction line is ( where the Shell starts tilting ) . If you not sure just try to click on a couple of different parts of the Shell until you can choose the - set end angle option in your pop up window.

[@bestmedever]

Amazing, thank you!

[@ASMTechbase]

as always many thanks for your appreciation !

[@faresjawad3096]

Actually its all magic , now if someone told me that revit is better i will send him this video as a final answer .

[@ASMTechbase]

I do have to agree, there is huge potential in the Shell and morph tool if you like to create a more curvy design and all this with ease of use. Not to forget that large projects are handled great in ARCHICAD especially in 3D .

[@Troy.K]

tried this with CAD 19....it doesnt seem to have the option of spreading along the path

[@ASMTechbase]

Yes this option started I think in AC 20

[@coxy761]

Was eagerly awaiting this one, thank you very much

[@ASMTechbase]

:) great thanks !

[@qoojeyare1412]

Helpful

[@ASMTechbase]

thanks, glad it helped you.

[@vitalyivankov9362]

How can I make approximation of shell higher?

[@ASMTechbase]

In 3D click and hold left mouse button on a node at top of shell, then choose - edit extrusion length. Hope this is what you are after.

[@abdoljalilsoltani9471]

Oops ! Excellent Thankful

[@ASMTechbase]

awesome that you enjoyed it, thanks !

[@je9685]

… and now, the same with the facade tool :-)

[@ASMTechbase]

you probably mean the curtain wall tool, if it only could handle curvy design better !

[@kumaralockwood3172]

If you see this comment ,can you please let me know if you are speeding up the video when you are working after you have shown us how to do it. Ex. you're just completing the holes. Or is that the actual speed that you can work at? 🤦‍♂️ Thanks from the land down under.

[@ASMTechbase]

Ha, I wish not even I am that fast. I do speed small sections of the video up sometimes to not bore the viewer with repetitive stuff.