topic Re: Rope or cable in Libraries & objects

Rope or cable

Hmooslechner — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:49:02 GMT

Did maybe somebody of You ever find/program a rope or cable as GDL - with hotspots at its end and the possibility to draw down the curve in 3d?

Re: Rope or cable

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:28:27 GMT

Please see this thread .
Frank Beister has posted an excellent and sophisticated library part.
Peter Devlin

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=43293&highlight=swining+bridge#43293

Re: Rope or cable

Hmooslechner — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:53:19 GMT

Thank You - its awesome.. but a "little" too sophisticated for me to use it in my simple scripts with my simple mind..
I think il figure it out by myself.. and read the cookbook more carefully..

Re: Rope or cable

Dwight — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:48:54 GMT

There IS a way to make a square draped cable without code, but for you, recent master of the GDL archway-thingy object, you will probably prefer to use code.

Of course, for this solution, you use the complex profile and the wall tool, like always. And all words come from the Greek, including 'kimono'.

-- Draw a section between the support points.
-- In the section, draw the cable drape. Duplicate the curve and offset it to the cable width.
-- Derive a fill from this and send it to the Complex Profile fill editor.
-- Draw a complex profile wall across rather than along the span to the cable width.