VisualARQ Grasshopper Components

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Description

VisualARQ Grasshopper Components allows to create and work with VisualARQ architectural objects inside Grasshopper.

You can create easily walls, doors, windows, openings, beams, columns, roofs, slabs, stairs and railings and obtain their information (area, volume, length, etc...)

Once the VisualARQ geometry is baked, it turns into workable VisualARQ objects inside Rhino. Then you can use the VisualARQ features to create section drawings, floor plans, schedule tables, etc.. and export the full model in IFC file format into BIM platforms such as Revit, ArchiCAD, Tekla, etc...

The VisualARQ Grasshopper Components are automatically installed when installing VisualARQ.

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Add color or material to Wall

by Pedro de Azambuja Varela

Jul 28, 2015

Hello,

I am designing a facade with algorithmic choice of colors. 

Is it possible to somehow plug in my colors in a style component or such so that it passes on to Rhino and, subsequently, IFC it?

Thanks,

Pedro

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    Francesc Salla

    Hi Pedro,

    It is not possible up to the 1.9 version to assign colors or other attributes to the VisualARQ style components in Grasshopper. We can consider to add this feature in the future.

    Morover, these attributes are not exported right now to IFC, although this will be possible in the next 2.0 version.

    Best regards,

    Jul 29, 2015

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      Fernando Maytorena

      Hi, you could try either the Human or the FabLab components, you can add some attributes to layers and objects, such as color, and then bake them. Although, I haven't found the way to input VisualArq geometry as it is, I think you need to explode the geometry into polysurfaces first and then you are able to bake them with the custom attributes. If you do take a look at these components, please let me know if you manage to bake the VisualArq elements without these losing their parametric properties within Rhino.

      Regards,

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      Jul 30, 2015