Tuesday, October 02, 2007

ACA - Ductwork - Part II

Even though there is an excellent tutorial on creating ductwork out of structural elements, posted by Archidigm, I could not resist and give ACA (former ADT) walls a chance to prove their versatility.
With little bit of profiling and sweeps manipulation, one can easily modify a wall style that allows for some rather convenient placement of the proxy ductwork within a BIM compliant model.
As with any other ACA object that employs curve liner shapes, its representational quality will greatly depend on FACETDEV variable setting.
Download the sample file and see if this technique could work for you as well. Needless to say that with some additional classification and the creative use of Property Set Definition, these ducts can go a long way.




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Even though there is an excellent tutorial on creating ductwork out of structural elements, posted by Archidigm, I could not resist and give ACA (former ADT) walls a chance to prove their versatility.
With little bit of profiling and sweeps manipulation, one can easily modify a wall style that allows for some rather convenient placement of the proxy ductwork within a BIM compliant model.
As with any other ACA object that employs curve liner shapes, its representational quality will greatly depend on FACETDEV variable setting.
Download the sample file and see if this technique could work for you as well. Needless to say that with some additional classification and the creative use of Property Set Definition, these ducts can go a long way.


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