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Board and batten siding.

Tom Krowka — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:07:39 GMT

Anybody have a recommendation for creating actual vertical board and batten siding, other than a picture of it to use with a material. I thought something like this might be in wall accessories, but no go. Found one on Objects Online, but for version 9. Perhaps something more current?

Re: Board and batten siding.

Laura Yanoviak — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:20:01 GMT

Complex Profile???

Re: Board and batten siding.

Stress Co_ — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:57:01 GMT

Cadimage's Accessory Tools

Re: Board and batten siding.

Tom Krowka — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:32:06 GMT

$900.00-not ready for that kind of investment for siding. Phew! Was hoping I had already bought it, just didn't know it yet. Also, don't know how I would do it with complex profiles.
Don't want to add many many small pieces to the model, trim them, etc. Too time consuming. Thought that might have already been created as a .gsm. Found one on object online, but it only good for V9.

thanks.

Re: Board and batten siding.

Stress Co_ — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:37:11 GMT

I think that's the Suite price. Alone it's $199 USD

Re: Board and batten siding.

Laura Yanoviak — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:27:50 GMT

Tom wrote:
Also, don't know how I would do it with complex profiles.

Complex Profiles would work if the siding is horizontal, but since you specified board and batten, I'm guessing it's vertical.

Re: Board and batten siding.

Dwight — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:07:25 GMT

Dumassduffus Workaround for Vertical battens:

Batten-shaped slab extrusions. Stick 'em on like in reality?
Cut them out for openings?

Re: Board and batten siding.

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:15:09 GMT

Or shell out 149.00 USD and get your hands on the D3 Trim+Stair collection and use the "dentil straight" object to produce your Board and Batten Siding. Then use SEOs for where you have door and window openings. See attached image for example:

Re: Board and batten siding.

Ralph Wessel — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:41:28 GMT

Tom wrote:
Anybody have a recommendation for creating actual vertical board and batten siding?

Take a look at OBJECTiVE. You can create a profile object of the siding which can be easily rotated and split in 3D, and can even be placed and cut directly in a section/elevation window. SEO works fine too if required, although OBJECTiVE's Split tool will handle most requirements better (e.g. it looks right in 2D and you get snap points along the cut). You will find many other uses for the tools beyond this application too: http://www.encina.co.uk/objective.html

Re: Board and batten siding.

Dwight — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:45:51 GMT

junior wrote:
See attached image for example:

Dear Mr. Face Paint: could you please confirm your rendering method.

Re: Board and batten siding.

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:06:26 GMT

Dwight wrote:
Dear Mr. Face Paint: could you please confirm your rendering method.

Lightworks rendering (wohoooo!) + techniques from Lightworks bible (courtesy of Mr. Atkinson) + sketch render techniques described by "tigr" (modified a bit to have some line sketch extensions). Merged both Lightworks render and Sketch render in photoshop using multiply and made the LW render opacity level to 93%.

It may sound like a long process, but its fast really and it gives me that photoshop practice time Iv'e always wanted.

Hey Ralph that Objective stuff is pretty cool! Thanks for sharing.

Re: Board and batten siding.

Stress Co_ — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:47:56 GMT

junior wrote:
Or shell out 149.00 USD and get your hands on the D3 Trim+Stair collection and use the "dentil straight" object to produce your Board and Batten Siding. Then use SEOs for where you have door and window openings. See attached image for example:

I don't know... $50 more for Cadimage's A.T. and not having to mess with SEOs seems worth it (IMHO). Be advised... A.T. is not without it's idiosyncrasies.

Re: Board and batten siding.

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:57:55 GMT

Tom, why don't you try Polygonal Wall?
Thus you won't have any troubles with windows and roofs!
No SEO need either!

Re: Board and batten siding.

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:07:43 GMT

Poly walls are a real fun!

Re: Board and batten siding.

Dwight — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:15:14 GMT

Do you have a quick method for this? It looks tedious.

Re: Board and batten siding.

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:38:20 GMT

Well, it cannot be called "quick"!
First you draw your profile with lines, then Magic Wand it with a Wall. But it is better than SEO!

Re: Board and batten siding.

Laura Yanoviak — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:39:53 GMT

kliment wrote:
Well, it cannot be called "quick"!
First you draw your profile with lines, then Magic Wand it with a Wall. But it is better than SEO!

I think this is a very good idea -- it may be tedious, but better than managing SEOs and individual battens that must be trimmed at each opening!

Re: Board and batten siding.

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:57:33 GMT

kliment wrote:
Well, it cannot be called "quick"!
First you draw your profile with lines, then Magic Wand it with a Wall. But it is better than SEO!

Sounds interesting....I gave it a try but strongly feel that I am not doing it correctly. I tried to rtfm but could not seem to pin point a guide to how kliment uses the polygonal wall. Maybe someone could post a step by step process or point me to the right direction?

If I'm interpreting it correctly, the board & batten becomes part of the wall as a single element? When I do it, the vertical elements don't seem to terminate at the trim. Another thing to consider would be that you would not be able to use your composite structures (for those who use it).

Please feel free to clear up any chaos I created upon myself. Thanks

Re: Board and batten siding.

Laura Yanoviak — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:14:58 GMT

Polygonal walls are modeled like any other polygonal element (e.g. slab). I would model the siding as a separate component and add it to an un-faced Composite wall (of course, this will require adding an empty opening at every window).

Re: Board and batten siding.

Laura Yanoviak — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:15:39 GMT

You'll want your battens to be not-quite-as-deep as your window trim for them to terminate at the trim.