The Coverings tool for V16 has been updated & released as a hotfix for V16 This fix includes a lot of elements hidden from the user interface… but the end result is that the Coverings tool is a lot more stable We recommend you download & install the update for a better experience with the
With the new interface for V16 a few items have been moved to a new location One of these is the Cladding Reference Origin which you will be familiar with in V14 and V15: This is still in the Cladding Settings but now contained within the drop down menu to its own settings page: There
Wall reference lines perform many tasks in ArchiCAD and the correct use (or incorrect) is evident in many different aspects of the application. Firstly there are three positions to set the reference line left, right, and centre. The default should always be to have the reference line on the outside face of Exterior Walls, Interior
After being blown away by the amazingness of the new Roof tool in ArchiCAD 15, you’re probably all thinking to yourself “I bet Cadimage have already got the Coverings tool to work with that”. And you’d be right, we’ve got it covered (pardon the pun). The automatic connecting-ness of the underlying polyroof is translated through
If you need an extra down pipe on your Cadimage Roof Covering? That’s easy, select the ArchiCAD roof and insert a new node. The Cadimage Roof Covering will allow you to attach two downpipes on every side of the node. The only thing you have to do now is, click on the pink hotspot on
Help Center Progress Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been working on the Help Center, to bring it up to date with the latest release of the tools. In particular, the articles on Installation/Activation, Doors+Windows, and Coverings have been completed. Doors+Windows Interim Released A number of bugs have been fixed in the Cadimage Doors+Windows
Lately we’ve been testing and bug-fixing in preparation to release an official update for a number of tools, including Doors+Windows, Coverings and Slab Edges. This week we get to release that update. Interims Converted to Updates Over the past 2 or 3 months we released interim versions for a number of the tools. For some
When you have claddings that need to merge across Storys (for example, weatherboards) you can use the Set out boards from settings in the Cladding Tab to define where the cladding is set out from. This ensures the boards are continuous across Stories and also remain the correct size and spacing. You also need to
Back in the office again after a long week-end. This week we get Monday off in New Zealand due to a national holiday we call Labour Day. Major Bug Fix! Last week we released updates for all the Cadimage Tools for ArchiCAD 13 and ArchiCAD 14. The catalyst for this action was a report from
2010 Quarter 4 We’re now into the final quarter of the year, and our ‘theme’ for this quarter is User Interaction. By which we mean, we’ll continue to fix bugs and make improvements to the tools, but we’ll also be gradually introducing some changes that should make it easier to work with the tools. Tool