topic Re: Weather Veins in Libraries & objects

Weather Veins

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:28:23 GMT

Hey Everyone,

I am looking for a Weather Vein to put ontop of one of our Gazebos. The Archicad 10 library does not have one, and I am unsure how to make one. Does someone have one that they have made? Or know where I can find one??

Any help would be wonderful!! Thanks!! Michelle

Re: Weather Veins

Dwight — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:12:21 GMT

If there actually isn't a weather vane, it is easy to make using the Complex Profile Tool.

Do you want a rooster, a duck, or a horsie?

Perhaps you want a weather vane like the one foretelling the tornado disaster in last week's Despicable Housemarms where the sun shines from the North in the scene. And it is the Northern Hemisphere! AAAArgh! Like no one would notice! Such amateurs! But a great tornado! They must have rented every wind machine in Hollywood for that!

Make a complex profile guidefill shaped like the animal and the arrow and then use the beam tool in the perpendicular direction. You make a shallow extrusion equal to the casting depth.

Then another one perpendicular without the animal.

Re: Weather Veins

James Murray — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:35:59 GMT

If you want the compass directions, you can use the 3D Text object.

If you want a winged horse, you would need a second profile facing the other way.

Re: Weather Veins

Srinivas — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:26:26 GMT

Not sure if this is of any help, but I saw a tutorial on how to make a Weather Vein on the ArchiForma Website some time back using ArchiForma, but couldn't find any thing now.

Re: Weather Veins

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:10:08 GMT

there are a couple at google's 3D Warehouse you could try and import, just search for 'weather vane'