Archipack 2.8.0 for Blender 3.+ / 4.x RELEASE

stephen_leger · August 3, 2020, 10:56pm

Hi,
Use a curve as custom axis.
In “Axis” tab, expand “From Curve” and select your axis.

Ector3 · August 5, 2020, 1:40pm

When I have stringers to model I create one set of stairs with open stairs, then I duplicate it and on the duplicate disable all parts, make it close stairs and make the width 1.5" then I add an array. Seems like a lot of steps but It works well for me

stephen_leger · August 6, 2020, 10:21am

Nice trick, will add “handle stingers” to stairs generator todo list.

captainkirk · August 6, 2020, 5:16pm

I have a problem that I believe only started when I updated to the newest version. Every time I create windows, the glass has all of its ray visibility options disabled. I have to go and manually turn them all back on. Apologies if this has already been fixed.

stephen_leger · August 6, 2020, 5:52pm

Hi,
should no more occur in 2.3.1

captainkirk · August 6, 2020, 6:53pm

Thank you.

Arkoprobho_Gupta · August 9, 2020, 4:56pm

thumbnail is not visible in 2.91

stephen_leger · August 9, 2020, 5:22pm

Thank you for reporting,
Will not fix anyting for alpha software, breaking changes occurs nearly every days.

ocganzer · August 17, 2020, 9:52am

Hi everybody !
I’m trying the export functionnality (.svg) and it seems that the exported svg is not at the right scale (i’ve tried to measure it after printing it, and directly in inkscape (in both A3 and A4, and it is approximately 93.7% the size it should be)
I’ve already check my units in blender, but i’ve no idea what might be causing it.

Another issue is when creating a new cross section : if a collection is masked when updating (roofs collection for example) the objects from this collection are duplicated with a ‘Temp’ prefixs (which are definitively created in the scene), and sometimes this update of the cross section causes blender to crash

Nevertheless, thanks for this amazing tool Stephen !

Taholmes160 · August 17, 2020, 11:34am

HI Folks:

I am working on learning ARCHVIZ using Archipack and UE4 – The drawing part goes well in blender, but when I export the structure to UE4, the holes that are created for windows and doors are visible objects and act as solid objects.

Is there a way to change this so that it will work correctly?

TIM

stephen_leger · August 17, 2020, 11:43am

Use “Tools -> apply holes” before export.

Taholmes160 · August 17, 2020, 12:33pm

Excellent – thanks

atekdigital · August 17, 2020, 3:19pm

Any way to have a guide line or reference line, like sketchup has.

Sketchup Reference video

stephen_leger · August 17, 2020, 3:32pm

yes, Construction Lines add-on - CAD - Released

C_G · August 18, 2020, 7:23am

Hi Stephen,

Question: When i put out windows in an object, and I want them to be “linked” so that the changes i make to one object appears on all of them. Am I bound to put them out at once or can a preset be linked so that you can override the preset and then the changes appear on all the windows that has it?

Cheers

stephen_leger · August 18, 2020, 10:20am

Select “source” window, hold alt and press “window” in Create panel again.
There is a known issue with this way, as it only select the right preset once for the first object you copy, will fix this issue for next release.

Alternative is to select frames and link (CTRL+L -> object data) and then use the “Refresh” button in window parameters.

wilBr · August 18, 2020, 2:47pm

@stephen_leger, I have a problem with 2dto3d->polygon->surface_from_selection

polygon selection is ok:

stephen_leger · August 18, 2020, 3:22pm

Try with “U” (result are curves) then set fill to top and convert to mesh

C_G · August 19, 2020, 12:41pm

I see,!

But is there no way to ALT-D the window ? When i Do that, the window wont make a boolean on the copied one.

stephen_leger · August 19, 2020, 1:08pm

The hole is another (hidden) object, so with alt+D you only duplicate the frame.