![]() I speak too briefly here to be helpful to explain this wish. If you know what I am talking about, feel free to add some clarity to this. Such components could do much of what modules try to do only better, while allowing to edit the component in the model. My wish is that Groups in AC would be improved and that named components as in Sketchup would also be incorporated. Groups in Archicad are not that helpful and nesting groups is nearly useless since the nesting is not accessible. Morphs are too clumsy and difficult to use) (And while you are at it, update the Morph tool to function like Sketchup modeling. Every copy of a group is an independent object that is completely unlinked to the others. However, if you make a copy of a group, that copy will be different than the original group in your model. In SketchUp, a group is a bunch of objects combined into a single object. ![]() But Components would fill a gap of easier functionality that is missing. Components in SketchUp are similar to groups, but they are much more powerful. The Modules have their place, as do library parts. I wish that Archicad had Components to function as they do in Sketchup. In Sketchup I can double click any instance of a component and edit it or keep double clicking deeper into the component to edit. Another nice thing about Components is that they can be animated by scripting and interactivity. Components are not like modules as they are not external files. If any part of the nested component is modified all instances in the model file are also updated. However, in Sketchup components can have nested components and groups that can easily be edited in any instance and any nesting level. These components are somewhat like Archicad modules or Autocad blocks. Sketchup can turn its groups into components. Both AC and SU use Groups to help select multiple objects.Īrchicad uses external files for modules and those modules can be repeated in a host file.Īrchicad uses groups and you can group several groups into groups, but you cannot access nested groups as you can in Sketchup. But I also have experience working with Sketchup. I have had a good experience in setting up and managing the modules. I just completed a project using hotline modules for an apartment building in Archicad.
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