VA wish list

[fsalla (Francesc Salla)]

Hi Jaro, thanks for all these requests! Hopefully we can make them come true soon! Just some comments:

@jerry.bakowski

1/ “layer states” for each individual detail: when you have several different details in one layout it would be fine if they show variuos states of an element,

This can already be handled by the Layer settings by Detail viewport, inside the Layer Manager.

@jerry.bakowski

2/ improved end/opening wrapping for walls: layers wrap despite of setting up a window or door, for example wrapping the exterior layers makes them appearing on the inside of a room,

I imagine what you mean, but can you attach some example of the result you wished to achieve?

@jerry.bakowski

3/ possibility for choosing what wall layer connects to a layer of another wall (I mean I’d like to have the option to define connections of my own, to provide connections of layers of the same technical type),

This should be handled with the Layer Type in each wall style. You can set them to “Normal” or “Core”. Core layers will tend to find each other in wall intersections while “Normal” layers will wrap around. Let me know if there is some specific join you wished to achieve, just in case it is not already possible with the existing options.

4. Ok, this is already planned.
5. Ok, this is also planned for VisualARQ 3
6. OK, +1 vote for this feature in the wishlist.
7. I already had your vote for this feature

@jerry.bakowski

8/ hierarchy and inheritance for elements: for example you could have a super wall type definition, then walls could inherit some properties from the parent (geometry, materials, display or print setting and so on),

This is how it works now. VisualARQ object styles have components that perform as objects inside blocks. They can have their own attributes, or set them by Parent, so they take the attributes set to the whole style. At the same time, attributes set “By Parent” to the style, will take the attributes of the objects in the model.

@jerry.bakowski

9/ improved line overlapping: sometimes thinner lines overlap thicker ones, I mean if we can set line weights to elements it would be great the programme could sort them out, pushing the thickest on the top,

Allright!

@jerry.bakowski

10/ extending a wall to a layer of an element: when you have a multi-layered slab I’d like to choose to what layer the wall should be extended, for now it is a problem to extend the wall to the core layer, it’s extended to the flooring,

This is related to another feature that we are planning for future VisualARQ versions, which is solving the intersections of walls with slabs.

11. This is already planned. +1 vote.

@jerry.bakowski

12/ an option to choose what elements and in what way should be seen at the section (something like “layer states” only for sections, also it could be done through selection of element types seen at the section),

Can you provide some example of this?
Do you know that you can decide whether an object is clipped by a section or not? you can find this parameter in the section attributes:

13. Reflected Ceiling plans?

@jerry.bakowski

14/ reflected view: sometimes it’s very useful to have an element just behind the clipping plane,

I’m not sure to get this one. Can you provide some example? Does the “clipping” status shown above solves this request?

15. Ok
16. Ok.
17. Ok
18. Ok. But would be valid for you to have the curtain wall features (I mean, the Cell division types, etc) on Window objects?
19. Ok. You can already create custom profiles (vaProfileFromCurve command) and use them for the “Support” component of curtain walls. But I guess you wished them too for the Mullions and Frame components.
20. Ok. In the meantime you can create a parametric Element (from a GH style) that represents a footing and tag it as an ifcFooting

@jerry.bakowski

21/ axes for walls, with the option to what layer axis should be assigned,

As 2D representation? Can you show an example?

@jerry.bakowski

22/ finally, I’d like to have an option for defining complex elements, consisting of various and different elements…

An assembly of elements. This is also planned.