ARCH ESSENTIALS: User Guide
Version History
Versions and Updates
Updates may be issued for a number of reasons including feature additions, bug fixes or for compatibility with the latest modo SDK.
You can check inside modo if you’re running the latest version of the kit;
From the main menu, select Help > Kit Version.
Arch-E: Version 2.1.5 (Latest)
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: modo 15 series kit.
Arch-E: Version 2.1.4
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: ‘Tool Properties’ button to tool UIs.
- Add: Install guide for macOS Catalina and Big Sur.
Arch-E: Version 2.1.3
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Fix: Kit not showing up in the UI of MODO 14.1 due to modo form changes.
Arch-E: Version 2.1.2
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Fix: Sweep tool crash under certain conditions with snapping enabled.
Arch-E: Version 2.1.1
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: Extend ends functionality with reset button → Sweep tool.
- Add: Position offset from profile position → Sweep tool.
- Add: Use material tags from the profile/s → Sweep tool.
- Add: Light colour, light and locator draw → Create From View command.
- Add: Locator draw size → Create Locator At Hit Pos command.
- Add: UV peel option → Picture Frame tool.
- Add: Preserve material assignment → Profile Rebuilder tool.
Arch-E: Version 2.1.0
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: (Light) Aim At Surface tool.
- Add: (Light) Create At Poly command.
- Add: (Light) Create From View command.
- Add: (Light) Create Locator At Hit Pos command.
- Add: Stick-E Locator Tool
- Add: Modo 14 kit version.
- Add: Show/hide lights button to UI.
- Update: Linux version compiled on Ubuntu LTS for better compatibility with distros.
- Update: 'Unit Run' param of Stair Tool to max. of 3m.
Arch-E: Version 2.0.0
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: Stairs Tool for wooden and concrete-style stairs, and garden steps.
- Update: User Interface
Arch-E: Version 1.7.0
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: Poly-To-Window Tool for creating asymmetric, rounded and other window shapes.
- Update: Sweep tool's size preset drop-down with North American softwood sizes.
Arch-E: Version 1.6.6
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Fix: Modo 13.1 broke Arch Tool by removing 2-point-polygon support.
Arch-E: Version 1.6.5
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: Profile Rebuild tool that enables setting UV seam pos, cleaning points and prep for subd smoothing.
Arch-E: Version 1.6.0
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: Sweep tool with support for multiple profiles, beziers, peeling and scaling UVs.
- Add: Prep Profile command for centering and flatten profiles.
- Add: Scene folder with modo 'bearing profiles' scene.
Arch-E: Version 1.5.0
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: Shelf maker plugin; Generates floating-style shelf geometry for interior visuals.
- Add: Picture Frame plugin; Generates picture frame geometry with UVs and part-names for interior visuals.
- Improve: Added named dividers to the Labs Kit UI.
Arch-E: Version 1.4.0
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: MODO 13 version of the kit.
- Add: New ‘Poly Names To Masks’ plugin; Creates masks for each poly part name within the scene.
- Fix: Select-By-Normal crash when selected polygon had no part name applied.
- Fix: Select-By-Height lower bound value not applied to selection.
- Add: Polygon part name 'nx_poly_sweep' to geometry from Poly Sweep tool.
Arch-E: Version 1.3.0
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: ‘Add Material Groups’ command plugin to the Window Maker Kit.
- Add: Time-limited trial of ‘Arch Profiles’ beta plugin.
- Fix: Locator-To-Corner failing due to too strict requirements for orthogonality.
- Add: Warning messages to Locator-To-Corner for non-perpendicular edges and other edge selection issues.
- Update: Trial of ‘Door Template’ experimental plugin extended by 2 months.
- Remove: Construction option for Door Template plugin that caused crash under rare conditions.
- Fix: Some forms not set to ‘Export’
- Fix: Some forms have empty ‘Desc’ fields.
- Fix: Some sheets missing ‘NX’ label preventing them from being grouped by name in modo’s form editor.
- Fix: EditorColor not set to ‘green’ for some sheets preventing easy identification in form editor.
- Add: User guide page for Arch Profiles.
Arch-E: Version 1.2.0
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: ‘Frame Style’ presets to MultiWindow to simplify tool use; e.g. Alu Slimline, UPVC Flush, Wood.
- Add: ‘Layout’ presets to MultiWindow to simplify tool use; e.g. Sash over Fixed-light.
- Add: ‘Equalise Light Widths’ and ‘Equalise Light Heights’ to MultiWindow;
- Improve: Allow fixed-light chamfers to extend to full height of frame in MultiWindow.
- Improve: Allow negative values for Sash ‘Pos Offset Z’ in MultiWindow.
- Add: ‘Door Template’ tool that creates 2D panel door templates (experimental tool).
- Add: ‘Round’ (circle) profile to PolySweep tool.
- Add; Sub-d level (smoothing) to Ovolo, Cavetto, Quarter-Round, Half-Round and Round profiles.
- Add: ‘Subdivison Level’ field to PolySweep tool.
- Add: Arch-E tab within modo tools panel that contains the UI for all kits; Improves UX.
- Add: Arch-E Kit as container for all kits to simplify install.
- Add: ‘Labs Kit’ as container for beta or experimental tools.
- Fix: Glass depth not updating when switching between a single sash and fixed-light in MultiWindow.
- Fix: Sash frame attributes not updating when shrink-to-fit occurs, in MultiWindow.
Arch-E: Version 1.1.0
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: ‘Vector Scale’ tool to mARCH Classics Kit
Arch-E: Version 1.0.0
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Rename: kit to ARCH ESSENTIALS.
- Add: mARCH Classics Kit to Window Maker Kit
Window Maker Kit: Version 1.2.0.18143
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: 'Add Locator To Corner' command.
- Add: User guide page and video for 'Add Locator To Corner' command.
- Fix: Sash/Fixed-LIght attributes not updating after last remaining of type removed, then added back.
Window Maker Kit: Version 1.1.0.18122
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: MultiWindow tool.
- Add: UI overview videos to the online user manual.
- Rename: kit to 'Window Maker Kit'
Window Maker Kit: Version 1.0.2.18063
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: modo 12 compatible version of kit
Window Maker Kit: Version 1.0.2.18063
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: panes as 'box' meshes
- Add: option for pane 'boxes' to overlap sash frames
Window Maker Kit: Version 1.0.0.18054
Windows, macOS and Linux
- Add: NX Box Sash Tool
- Add: NX Horizontal Slider Tool
- Add: 3D Window Furniture Models