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Architerra User Guide v6.0

Version for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh

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CONTENT

THE ARCHITERRA PLUG-IN ..................................................................................................................................... 6

WORK METHODS ........................................................................................................................................................... 6

INSTALLATION OF THE SOLUTION ....................................................................................................................................... 7

BUYING ARCHITERRA AND ONLINE ACTIVATION .................................................................................................................... 8

ACTIVATION OF THE SOLUTION ......................................................................................................................................... 8

THE TOOLBOX ...................................................................................................................................................... 10

IMPORT MULTIPLE TERRAIN DATA ...................................................................................................................... 11

TEXT FILE IMPORT (MULTIPLE FILES IMPORT OPTION) ......................................................................................... 12

OVERWRITE ORIGINAL CODE........................................................................................................................................... 14

IMPORT RESULTS ......................................................................................................................................................... 14

DATA FROM DXF FILE (MULTIPLE FILES IMPORT OPTION) .................................................................................... 16

CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE DXF UNIT SYSTEM ................................................................................................................ 19

IMPORT RESULTS ......................................................................................................................................................... 21

DATA FROM SHP FILE (MULTIPLE FILES IMPORT OPTION) .................................................................................... 21

CONVERTING ARCHICAD MESH INTO ARCHITERRA TERRAIN ............................................................................... 23

POINTS TOOL ....................................................................................................................................................... 24

INSERT POINTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 24

EDITING POINTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 25

CONSTRAINT TOOL .............................................................................................................................................. 26

OUTLINE TOOL ..................................................................................................................................................... 28

THE SEARCH CORRIDOR ................................................................................................................................................. 29

OUTLINE ATTRIBUTES .................................................................................................................................................... 30

CALCULATING TERRAIN ....................................................................................................................................... 31

SHOW MORPHOLOGY ................................................................................................................................................... 33

CONTOUR LINES TOOL ......................................................................................................................................... 34

DRAWING CONTOUR LINES ............................................................................................................................................ 34

CALCULATING CONTOUR LINES ........................................................................................................................................ 36

COLOUR SLOPS OF MORPHOLOGY ....................................................................................................................... 38

EXPORTING THE DATA OF A TERRAIN TO A TEXT FILE .......................................................................................... 39

HOW ARCHITERRA TOOLS MODIFY THE TERRAIN ................................................................................................ 40

POLYLINE AND FILL TOOL ..................................................................................................................................... 41

PLATEAU TOOL .................................................................................................................................................... 42

SLOPED PLATEAU ......................................................................................................................................................... 46

MODIFYING PLATEAU ................................................................................................................................................... 47

ROAD AND JUNCTION TOOL ................................................................................................................................ 48

CREATING A ROAD USING AN ARCHITERRA POLYLINE ........................................................................................................... 48

CREATING A ROAD USING AN ARCHITERRA FILL ................................................................................................................... 56

MODIFYING ROADS ...................................................................................................................................................... 58

CREATING ROAD JUNCTIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 59

ROAD LONGITUDINAL SECTION TOOL .................................................................................................................. 69

CONFIGURING LONGITUDINAL SECTION SETTINGS .............................................................................................................. 71

MODIFYING ROAD LEVELS USING THE LONGITUDINAL SECTION............................................................................................... 72

RAILWAY AND RAILWAY CROSSING ..................................................................................................................... 74

CREATING A RAILWAY USING AN ARCHITERRA POLYLINE ....................................................................................................... 74

DITCH TOOL ......................................................................................................................................................... 77

CURB TOOL .......................................................................................................................................................... 81

BRIDGE / RAILWAY BRIDGE TOOL ........................................................................................................................ 83

PAVEMENT, SIDEWALK TOOL .............................................................................................................................. 88

MODIFYING PAVEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................... 90

GRADIENT TOOL .................................................................................................................................................. 91

RANDOM TREE GENERATION FUNCTIONS ........................................................................................................... 93

CONFIGURING THE 2D TREE SYMBOL ............................................................................................................................... 97

CHANGING THE PARAMETERS OF A TREE ALREADY INSERTED ................................................................................................. 98

BASIN TOOL ......................................................................................................................................................... 99

BUILDING TOOL ................................................................................................................................................. 101

MODIFY THE BUILDINGS .............................................................................................................................................. 104

WALL TOOL ........................................................................................................................................................ 105

THE ALTITUDES OF ARCHITERRA WALL NODES ................................................................................................................. 107

MODIFYING ARCHITERRA WALLS .................................................................................................................................. 109

RETAINING WALL TOOL ..................................................................................................................................... 111

CREATING A RETAINING WALL ....................................................................................................................................... 111

MODIFYING RETAINING WALLS .................................................................................................................................... 114

CREATING A RETAINING WALL AS AN OBSTACLE ................................................................................................................ 115

COLOURED AREA TOOL ...................................................................................................................................... 118

MODIFYING COLORED AREAS ....................................................................................................................................... 120

MANAGING OVERLAPPING-COLOURED AREAS .................................................................................................................. 122

MODIFY X-Y COORDINATES/MODIFY Z COORDINATE TOGGLE .......................................................................... 124

CALCULATE TOOL ............................................................................................................................................... 125

GRAVITY ON TERRAIN, INSERT OBJECTS ............................................................................................................ 126

SPOT HEIGHTS TOOL .......................................................................................................................................... 126

ATTRIBUTING SPOT HEIGHTS TO SURVEY POINTS ............................................................................................................... 128

ATTRIBUTING SPOT HEIGHTS TO THE TERRAIN .................................................................................................................. 130

CREATING MAPS WITH SPOT HEIGHTS ............................................................................................................................. 131

CAMERA TOOL ................................................................................................................................................... 133

ARCHITERRA TOOL DEFAULT SETTINGS ............................................................................................................. 136

HELP TOOL ......................................................................................................................................................... 137

APPENDIX .......................................................................................................................................................... 137

DATA UPDATE TOOL .......................................................................................................................................... 138

UPDATING ALTITUDES ................................................................................................................................................. 138

UPDATING ARCHITERRA WALLS ..................................................................................................................................... 138

UPDATING THE ELEMENT PREVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 138

UPDATING A BASIN..................................................................................................................................................... 138

UPDATING A ROAD LONGITUDINAL SECTION .................................................................................................................... 138

UPDATING ALL ELEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................ 138

ARCHITERRA LIBRARY ELEMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 140

FURTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARCHITERRA WALL ................................................................................... 142

FENCE FUNCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 143

GUARDRAIL FUNCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 145

CUSTOMIZING TRUNKS AND LEAVES ................................................................................................................. 147

TRUNKS ................................................................................................................................................................... 147

SPIRAL TRUNK ........................................................................................................................................................... 148

LEAVES .................................................................................................................................................................... 151

STAR FROND ............................................................................................................................................................. 153

PROBLEMS WITH SOLID ELEMENTS OPERATIONS .............................................................................................. 156

SOSI FILES IMPORT (MULTIPLE FILES IMPORT OPTION) ..................................................................................... 157

INDEPENDENT WORKSHEET ......................................................................................................................................... 158

TERRAIN SURVEY TO SOSI FILE ..................................................................................................................................... 160

CONVERT SOSI ENTITIES TO GDL OBJECTS ...................................................................................................................... 161