Massing Model vs 3d Architectural Model on 3d site Model

[Craig D.S.]

Greetings

As a general inquiry from one who does both 3d site plans and architectural models...

Which is the preferred method when is doing a project with both?

Namely, does one draw up a 3d house model separately, then draw a massing model on the 3d site plan?

I know from past experience using ArchiCAD, that having it all on one really surpassed the capabily of the RAM to handle it.

So I had to have a building shell devoid of any interior placed on the site model

Can one then insert a 3d building shell model as a symbol on the site plan like an XREF?

Then when they make design changes to that shell they will automatically update?

Thanks

[Dieter @ DWorks]

Build your house in 3D.

Reference this on the site plan through viewports.

When using classes in a good way, you can only show the building shell on the site plan.

It's the way we do it. Even our elevations have all interior class off for fast rendering.

[Craig D.S.]

OK

Thanks for the tip

I'll probably need to figure how to "Reference this on the site plan through viewports" though.

[Kizza]

I'll probably need to figure how to "Reference this on the site plan through viewports" though.

+1

[Dieter @ DWorks]

OK

Thanks for the tip

I'll probably need to figure how to "Reference this on the site plan through viewports" though.

You can use design layer viewports to reference other layers in your own document or from another document. You can then set the classes that that viewport need to be showing.

[Craig D.S.]

So a remote viewport of the building can be ovelapped with your viewport of your site plan for a combined rendering?

[willofmaine]

Have you tried doing it all in one file? I've done some big files with DTMs in which I didn't find a need to separate the DTM from the Building, or even turn off interior classes (I don't even have "interior" classes per se...). I'm talking files that were about 150 Mb, in VW 2008...

Just a thought...

Will

[Bob Holtzmann]

So a remote viewport of the building can be ovelapped with your viewport of your site plan for a combined rendering?

No, a Design Layer Viewport is different from a flat Sheet Layer Viewport. A DLVP is very similar to the old "Layer Links" from Minicad days. It can be viewed from all angles like a model, but it's a "viewport" object, that can be placed directly on the site model in 3D space.

Design Layer Viewport Referencing is turned on by a radio button under the Referencing Window "Settings".