Rusty 3d
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 6:58 amHow to I create an arch top opening in a vertical slab? I cannot do it in a smart wall, how about in a vert. slab? I have a mill building, exterior brick walls with arch top opening.
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 6:58 amRe: Rusty 3d
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:10 amI think the best way is to do it as a horizontal slab, and then tilt it up? You can also do a covered polyline horizontally, and then make it a symbol, and rotate / tilt it into position.
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:00 amSpecialty_Windows.jpg (113.93 KiB) Viewed 9390 times
You can put specialty windows in Smart Walls by modeling the window and including it as a symbol in the Window Type definition.
I've attached a zipped-up AEC file of this example. For sloped walls like gable ends, you'll have to model the wall as either a 3D polygon, slab, or covered polyline (see my next post).
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:55 amCircleTopInGable.jpg (87.33 KiB) Viewed 9388 times
In this example, the gables are modeled with covered polylines. The circle top windows are smart windows with a custom symbol.
I've attached a zipped-up AEC file of this example.
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 12:49 pmMark F. Madura wrote:In this example, the gables are modeled with covered polylines. The circle top windows are smart windows with a custom symbol.Just curious, you did have to clip out the opening in the polyline via void or something right? The smart window didn't knock out the hole for itself?
I've attached a zipped-up AEC file of this example.
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:04 pmjoshhuggins wrote:...you did have to clip out the opening in the polyline via void or something right? The smart window didn't knock out the hole for itself?Correct. The 'gable' polyline contains a 'void' polyline for the window opening.
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 5:41 amjoshhuggins wrote:
...you did have to clip out the opening in the polyline via void or something right? The smart window didn't knock out the hole for itself?
MM wrote: 'Correct. The 'gable' polyline contains a 'void' polyline for the window opening.'
A big wish list item here would be the ability to add a vertex to a smart wall (ie. a wall with 5 points), allowing the fifth point to be placed at a higher z-h to create the gabled wall. This ability would really enhance smart walls and save a lot of time in currently having to model two separate entities to create the gable wall. ... nice examples too!
...you did have to clip out the opening in the polyline via void or something right? The smart window didn't knock out the hole for itself?
MM wrote: 'Correct. The 'gable' polyline contains a 'void' polyline for the window opening.'
A big wish list item here would be the ability to add a vertex to a smart wall (ie. a wall with 5 points), allowing the fifth point to be placed at a higher z-h to create the gabled wall. This ability would really enhance smart walls and save a lot of time in currently having to model two separate entities to create the gable wall. ... nice examples too!
Re: Rusty 3d
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 5:20 pmthanks every one for responding I appreciate it