常见问题

VisualARQ 是一个为建筑市场的某个领域设计的插件。 您可以使用 VisualARQ 在 Rhino 界面中操作，该插件提供了特定工具来创建/编辑建筑平面图，您可以使用参数化 3D 对象（如墙、门、窗、立柱、墙板、屋顶、楼梯和栏杆）使建筑设计过程和存档过程的处理更加便捷。

• 复杂的建筑项目能够通过简单和快速的方式进行 3D 和 2D 建模。
• 一个完整的 3D 参数化建筑对象库，可定制且随时编辑。
• 易于编辑且自动更新的所有 2D 文件图纸，并可添加到 3D 模型中。
• 导入和导出IFC 2×3文件，以便在 Rhino 和其他 BIM 平台（如 Revit、ArchiCAD、Solibri 或 Tekla Bimsight）之间互换 3D 模型。
• 动态剖面工具，可处理实时剖面图。
• 价格实惠。 与市场上的其他产品相比，VisualARQ + Rhino 提供了一个非常实惠且具有竞争力的 2D/3D 建筑软件包解决方案。
• 根据用户需求和要求提供免费技术支持和持续开发。

VisualARQ is aimed at architects, interior designers, engineers, constructors, urban planners, renderers, and architecture professionals. It is even useful for product designers in the marine design industry. In general, it can be a very useful tool for any Rhino user interested in architectural modeling or wishing to obtain technical drawings from their designs in a fast way.

Useful features regarding professional profiles.

• Architects

  There is a wide range of architectural projects and usages where VisualARQ can be useful:

  • Work with 3D parametric architectural objects.
  • Navigation tools: Level and Section manager panels.
  • Shop drawings tools.
  • Other documentation tools (spaces, custom parameters, Quantity take-offs, opening elevations, tags..)
  • IFC import and export features.
  • Support to any material or render engine that works with Rhino.
  • Automate design workflow with Grasshopper components.
  • Create custom objects driven by Grasshopper with VisualARQ Grasshopper styles.
• Interior designers: VisualARQ helps to prepare the architectural environment to work on interior design, and produce the documentation of it.
  • Shop drawings tools.
  • Work with 3D parametric architectural objects.
  • Automate design workflow with Grasshopper components.
  • Create custom objects driven by Grasshopper with VisualARQ Grasshopper styles, (including Furniture and custom Element objects).
  • Quantity take-offs.
• Engineers, + constructors: VisualARQ is used to open an IFC file, add data on it in Rhino, edit and model some stuff and export it back to IFC:
  • Work with 3D parametric architectural objects.
  • Shop drawings tools.
  • Add custom data to geometry.
  • Quantity take-offs.
  • Automate design workflow with Grasshopper components.
  • IFC import and export features, IFC Tag, and export custom parameters as IFC Properties.
• HBIM – Scan to BIM professionals (Example): People that work in historical BIM projects. They bring a scanned building as a point cloud into Rhino, and use VisualARQ to produce a BIM model out of it:
  • Work with 3D parametric architectural objects.
  • Navigation tools: Level and Section manager panels.
  • Shop drawings tools.
  • Other documentation tools (spaces, custom parameters, Quantity take-offs, opening elevations, tags..)
  • Automate design workflow with Grasshopper components.
  • IFC import and export features, IFC Tag, and export custom parameters as IFC Properties.
• Product designers (Example): Even a small product design can get advantage of VisualARQ features to document it:
  • Shop drawings tools.
  • Quantity take-offs.
  • Create custom objects driven by Grasshopper with VisualARQ Grasshopper styles.
• Urban planners: Many of the VisualARQ features that are useful for architectural projects, can be applied to urban scale projects:
  • Work with 3D parametric architectural objects.
  • Shop drawings tools.
  • IFC import and export features, IFC Tag, and export custom parameters as IFC Properties.
• Visualization specialists: VisualARQ supports the same render engines than Rhino, so after modeling the project in 3D, you can show it in section, assign materials and shot nice render views.
  • Work with 3D parametric architectural objects.
  • Navigation tools: Level and Section manager panels.
  • Support to any material or render engine that works with Rhino.
• Marine / Ship designers The architecture is always present in the marine design industry. From small boats to big ships.
  • Work with 3D parametric architectural objects that can be created from 3D curves (beams, railings). (Watch this video).
  • Navigation tools: Level and Section manager panels.(Watch this video).
  • Shop drawings tools.
  • Create custom objects driven by Grasshopper with VisualARQ Grasshopper styles (Watch this video).
  • Quantity take-offs.

是. VisualARQ 配备了一系列参数化建筑对象和工具，可以使设计和文档化过程更快速、更便捷。 所有项目文档（平面图、剖面图、立视图、房间区域的时间表、开口处数量等）都可以添加到 3D 模型中并在 3D 模型有任何变化时自动更新。 此外，VisualARQ 还提供了导入和导出IFC 文件的选项，这是建筑行业中交换对象的标准文件格式。

我们当然对 Mac 版 Rhino 开发一个VisualARQ 版本很感兴趣，但是在 Mac版 Rhino 支持用 C++ 编写的第三方插件之前，我们还不能进行这个工作，因为VisualARQ 是用 C++ 语言开发的。 一旦 Mac 版 Rhino 支持这些第三方插件，我们的开发团队就可以确定我们需要多少工作/时间来将 VisualARQ 适配到 Mac 版 Rhino。 关于 Mac 版 Rhino 的更多信息：https://www.rhino3d.com/mac

点击此处了解有关 VisualARQ 许可证模式的更多信息。

是的，支持。 经过 90 天的试用，您仍然可以使用VisualARQ，但一些功能是禁用的：

• VisualARQ 对象和样式不再保存。
• VisualARQ 对象的复制、粘贴和移动命令被禁用。
• 样式导入/导出命令被禁用。
• IFC 导入和导出功能被禁用。

点击此处了解 VisualARQ 实验室许可证。

是的。 VisualARQ 支持使用Cloud Zoo或Rhino Zoo的浮动许可证，两者都是 McNeel 的免费服务。 点击次数了解更多的许可证模式。

您可以在不同的机器上安装 VisualARQ。 但是，单一 VisualARQ 许可证只能同时在一台机器上运行。

是的，可以通过一个命令从 3D 模型创建自动墙壁和开口尺寸。 此外，Rhino 还提供了一组绘图工具，用于其余的 3D 模型尺寸规划和文档生成。

VisualARQ 提供了一个材料管理器，支持 Rhino 兼容的所有渲染引擎材料（Rhino render、V-Ray、Flamingo nXt、Maxwell等）。 此技巧提供了更多关于如何给VisualARQ 对象分配材料的信息。

VisualARQ includes a built-in IFC import and export plug-in, which makes it possible to exchange IFC 2×3 files between Rhino and Revit (as well as with other AEC software packages).

VisualARQ adds the ifc Tag feature that lets you assign any IFC category to any Rhino object (ifcWall, ifcBeam, etc…), that will be recognized as generic objects in Revit with data. (Check it out how it works in this video). After exporting a Rhino model through IFC, all VisualARQ objects are recognized in Revit as native architectural objects or generic objects, depending on the object type and how they have been created in Rhino. Check this guide to learn how each object is recognized in Revit through IFC. In addition to the ifc Tag, VisualARQ adds the option to create new custom parameters, and feed the geometry with information. This data can be assigned to geometry through the VisualARQ Grasshopper components. These new parameters are exported to IFC as ifc Properties, that Revit can read.

VisualARQ integrates with Grasshopper in two different ways:

• VisualARQ Grasshopper Components: they are the VisualARQ objects and commands available from Grasshopper. They let you automate workflows in Grasshopper using VisualARQ objects and commands. You can also add data and obtain data to geometry and connect VisualARQ with other add-ons for Grasshopper, for multiple purposes within the Grassshopper environment.
• Grasshopper styles: they are VisualARQ objects created from Grasshopper definitions. You define the custom parametric object in Grasshopper and turn it into a VisualARQ object style. Once the new object style is created you can work with it and change its parameters in Rhino as any other VisualARQ object. At this point no Grasshopper knowledge is required, although Grasshopper is running in the background. You can find and download some examples in food4Rhino.

Is it easy to learn? If you are familiar with Grasshopper, you will find it very easy to work with the VisualARQ Grasshopper components or create new custom objects from Grasshopper definitions. If you are not, there are useful material to learn from scratch how to use VisualARQ with Grasshopper:

• Exercises for learning how to use the VisualARQ Grasshopper Components.
• Tutorials for creating custom VisualARQ Grasshopper styles.