MAX OUT your ARCHICAD Surfaces with Matching Symbol and Image Fills!

[@LOTOSE100]

Thanks John! Nice video!

[@nalituts]

This is really cool. I just wish the image fills could show up in the elevations and sections as well so we don't use just lines and background fills

[@CONTRABIM]

Thanks for the comment! The image fill actually does show up in elevations and sections (as long as it's not on the section cut plane). Try it out! Also I've heard that in v25 the image cover fill from texture is coming...

[@Andoniarzate]

yeah, actually that´s possible with the Archicad 25 Update 👀

[@conmes3077]

awesome John 👍🏻😊

[@erikleypoldt8275]

I wish we could just explode into current view the tile image somehow to save time tracing an intricate tile pattern. Thanks for the video, keep them coming. Could you do some more videos, about graphic override rules, making window/door schedules, making custom door handles with round edges, getting a clean beam and wall intersections in 3d, roads and gutters in a mesh, morphs for mass modelling surrounding buildings, or how to get them to look like sketch up.

[@CONTRABIM]

Yes that only works with vector PDFs... but it doesn't take that much time to trace, and it kind of puts me in the zen-puzzle mode...

[@furtonb]

Nice technique, I've used it a few times. My 2 cents on the topic: I don't really use ARCHICAD in the way it's supposed to, I guess, but I tend to model tiling finishes separately. The curtain wall tool with invisible edges work just fine (draw it with a contour on the floor plan, or the elevations), In this case you can model the pattern from slabs, assign materials to it and call it a day. It might be a bit slower, but it's nicer in the end for renderings, etc. (a simple bevel shader or round edges look quite nice), it's also faster too, as you don't have to create normal maps separately. I saw you took some simpler renderings with Cinerender, in this case it's more than enough, although if you keep your visuals in-house, it's something to keep in mind. In general I tend to keep things simple, as few composite layers as possible: separate load-bearing structure, separate thermal envelope, separate finishing, etc. I'm talking about construction documents (1:50 and below). The reason, I feel each release gets more and more bloated, AC23 on the verge of annoying me each day, and I prefer to keep editing as direct as possible (no tweaking in the 60th sub-menu, etc.). I'm getting off-topic, so thanks again, it is really cool to see a channel like yours, a clear practicing professional, taking your time to educate others. Cheers!

[@CONTRABIM]

Thanks Balazs for the great comments! Yes I've been wanting to do some curtain-wall, outside the box type of tutorials similar to what you described. And yes, my renderings where quite simple and without much thought into the settings besides the reflection channel. Definitely worth diving deeper into on other videos... Appreciate the comments though would love to see your work in the futre!

[@hkrna]

Very well done. In addition, you can actually use the image as an image fill too. Image fills can be used as cover fills in plan view. Only I wish the image fills could be visible in elevation/section/3Ddoc. That would be great.

[@CONTRABIM]

Hi Karoly. thanks for the comment. Yes of image fills can certainly be used as cover fills, if you want them to show up in elevation/section/3Ddocs, I've found it's easiest to use Graphic Overrides to achieve this! 3D Docs get a little funny as it doesn't follow the depth like vectorial fills, but it can still add some interest!

[@jaceklis]

Is there a way to create a 3D tile surface, as they are becoming much more popular now, both for wall tiles as well as 3D gypsum finishes for ceilings and walls? Great tutorial, Thank You,

[@CONTRABIM]

Hi Jaceklis! So surfaces are one thing, easy to do for both. If you're talking about actual 3D geometry for tiles or gypsum finished panels, then you might try another method of modeling individually, or using a tool like the curtainwall which can layout patterns for you. There are some add-ons which can do it as well, but I always try to keep things OOTB within Archicad so perhaps try out the curtainwall method! Great topic for a video I'll have to do one soon on that subject

[@jeromejustin8915]

Nice video and very informative content in the channel. I need quick help on another topic. how do we change beam background color in a floor plan? I am using version 22.

[@CONTRABIM]

Hi Jerome. In ARCHICAD 22, the options are limited for changing the background color of beams. I just did some quick testing and I couldn't easily change it from the default, even adjusting to the cut plane. ARCHICAD 23 this was a new feature they added, cover fills on beams which makes it super easy to customize the view, but right now I think you may be stuck. I even tried a graphic override but without success... Anyone else know this one??

[@jeromejustin8915]

@@CONTRABIM yes I am still stuck :) but thank you for the reply. At last I drew extra fills to get the result.

[@quezmar411]

Bro. PowerPoint? Srsly? 😬 Nice tutorials.

[@CONTRABIM]

What, you don't use powerpoint??? haha it's always been an easy copy paste, edit, save off tool. Don't tell anyone but that's how I create all my video thumbnails