This uses a predefined or customised Excel database file to automatically map manufactured profiles to SAF Cross Sections at export instead of mapping by hand.
Other improvements in this update focus on what Graphisoft describes as an ‘enhanced integrated design workflow’. PARAM-O is available in Archicad 24 Update 3. helps you obtain trustworthy 3D or 2D elements in the form of parametric GDL objects.
Creating reusable parametric objects without writing code has made this process quick and easy for us.” This cloud-based ArchiCAD-integrated community database collects and provides direct access to GDL elements. “Because we carefully design every project down to the smallest detail, we need to build a lot of custom components. “The nodes make it so easy to work in PARAM-O,” said Peter Koncz, BIM Manager at Leroy Street Studio in New York.
With PARAM-O, a new parametric object design tool built into the BIM software, users can create custom objects and building elements using an ‘easy-to-use’ graphical interface developed with the architect in mind.įirst introduced as a technology preview on Windows in July 2020 for Archicad 24, the latest update makes PARAM-O available for users on macOS as well.Īccording to Graphisoft, large architectural practices will appreciate that they can develop custom, reusable, manufacturer-specific object libraries that comply with their own offices’ design and documentation standards. ArchiCAD resellers for Eastern Canada, including Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes, CadCentre specializes in high-end Software for Architects, Engineers. It’s not a good idea to have elements in the Embedded Library anyways, so this way you can collect and link these kinds of objects to the actual project instead.PARAM-O is designed to make it easy for architects to create parametric libraries without having to write any codeĪrchitects can now create building component libraries parametrically inside Graphisoft Archicad 24 without having to write a single line of GDL code or script.
You can unlock the object from the GH Interoperability palette in ARCHICAD and set its Surface for example. To prevent this, create a BREP from all the pieces (in this example the base legs and the connectors) and connect that unified BREP into the Object Settings.Ī fairly quick solution, definitely not 100% perfect, but might help with certain situations and suitable for those who are efficient with Grasshopper as there is an almost unbeatable toolset available. If you link them at this stage, all geometry pieces will end up as individual objects. Now the geometry script is almost ready to be connected to the Object Settings through the Geometry node. Additionally there is a BREP group (more details on this below) and the conversion to ARCHICAD Objects in the end.ġ., Once the geometry (base and connectors) is created place the ARCHICAD/Settings/Object Settings and ARCHICAD/Design/Object components in Grasshopper.Ģ., Right-click on the Object Settings and set Create new Library Part and connect the relevant nodes.ģ., Add a Panel component and specify the name of the final Library Part (Object Name node).Ĥ., Add a Point for the anchor to the Object component. Here is an overview of the Grasshopper script: the base legs and the jittering connecting pieces are in two groups and there are some input fields available for editing both. The feature is part of the Grasshopper-ARCHICAD Live Connection and may be a bit hidden and needs a few additional small adjustments to make it work. Grasshopper and the Live Connection can help with this up to a certain point by creating actual ARCHICAD objects, like the lamp below for example – not just transferring the geometries as ARCHICAD tools. GDL scripting has its beauties, but it’s definitely not for everyone and in general it would be nice to be able to create parametric objects in ARCHICAD more easily.