ArchiPanel
ArchiCAD plug-in for designing false ceilings and
raised floors
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Description
With ArchiPanel, you can design raised floors and false ceilings starting with an ArchiCAD Zone or Fill. To cover an area, you can use panels tocreate simple or checkered layouts or you can use panel modules for more
elaborate arrangements with repeated shapes, sizes and materials.
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Work method
In the settings for your floor or false ceiling paneling, you can define the panel/module sizes and materials, the minimum surface areafor cut elements, the joint size and layout origin and orientation, and
you can also configure the vertical and horizontal supporting elements.
The Offset function allows you
to define an inset for the paneling with respect to the perimeter of
the area being covered, and you can specify whether to include or
exclude any holes inside the area; you can also configure a false
ceiling's border and customize its edging.
The Cut/Drill function allows you to add additional holes (which may have curved sides) to a paneling once you have positioned it, while the Modify Paneling
tool lets you edit the elements of a floor/false ceiling, either by
selecting them manually or using customizable search criteria. Searches
can be performed based on the surface material of a panel, its name or
the name of an accessory that is associated with it, or
the name of its support or supporting
beam.
Different search criteria can be
combined, and they can also be based
on geometric rules (by row/column and
either horizontally or diagonally). Once
you have confirmed your panel selection
in the settings window, you can define
optional accessories, including fans, aeration systems, grates, towers, smoke detectors and ceiling signage. You can also
add lamps, letting you illuminate your
environments according to the settings you
define.
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The Change Default Configuration tool allows you to update only those elements that use standard settings, leaving the panels you configured separatelyunchanged.
The Change Layout Origin
tool allows the origin and orientation of
the panels/modules to be redefined while
keeping track of the changes you made to
the individual components and maintaining their settings.
With the Modify covering/Create structure tool, you can generate a support structure with columns that support a beam (for
floors) or suspension elements that hold
up a beam (for false ceilings).
When a
paneling has been selected, this tool
allows you to activate or deactivate the
display and numbering of the panels,
structure and accessories, both in 2D and
in 3D; furthermore, you can change the
position of the supports and accessories
for each separate panel.
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If you make design changes to a room, you can make the necessary adjustments to the paneling with the automatic updatetool: just use the Update ArchiCAD Zone
command (or change the fill manually) to
regenerate the covering. All of the previously defined settings will be maintained.
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ArchiPanel's element calculation functions are particularly interesting: they allow youcalculate the number of whole panels and
cut panels by material, display their sizes
and list the supports, beams and associated accessories.
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Plug-in with Registration ID, for ArchiCAD 11 and previous versions
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