Objects are reflective and/or transmissive elements in AGi32 that may be added to exterior and/or interior spaces to model complex environments. The four basic object types, rectangular, round/elliptical, polygon and planar can be used in any combination to achieve any desired result. In addition, each object type is available with different configurations, such as spheres, cones, vertical extrusion, etc., to further increase you modeling capabilities. Once created, objects may be moved, copied, arrayed and edited as necessary.
Rectangular Objects
Rectangular objects have a rectangular footprint with a flat or user defined top. Many kinds of rectangular objects are provided: flat, barrel vault, gable, hip, pyramid and vertical extrusion. Before the object footprint is created, you will be prompted to specify the object height and the object’s reflectances and or transmittances. Flat and other predefined topped objects are automatically created after the object footprint is specified in Plan View. Vertically extruded objects are created in the same manner with an additional step of creating the vertical extrusion section that will be applied linearly across the rectangular footprint.
Create a Rectangular Object with a Flat top
Create a Rectangular Object with a Barrel Vault
Create a Rectangular Object with a Gable
Create a Rectangular Object with a Hip
Create a Rectangular Object with a Pyramid
Create a Rectangular Object with a Vertical Extrusion
Round/Elliptical Objects
AGi32 provides you with four types of round/elliptical objects; cone, flat, sphere and vertical rotation. Cone and Flat objects are created by specifying the object height in the object’s properties dialog then locating the base’s center point and radius in Plan View. Spherical objects are similar except that the center of the sphere (X, Y and Z) is specified in Plan View. Vertical Rotation objects are circular or semicircular entities with a user defined profile. The location and circular angle is specified in Plan view then the custom profile is specified in Elevation view.
Create a vertical rotation object
Polygon Objects
Objects with non-rectangular footprints (such as workstations or partitions) may be easily created with the Polygon Objects command. Polygonal objects have flat tops and bottoms with curved or angular surfaces.
Create a flat object with polygonal sides
Create a polygonal vertical extrusion object
Planar Objects
Library Objects