topic Re: Wrought Iron Scroll Object in Libraries & objects

Wrought Iron Scroll Object

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:23:11 GMT

I am trying to find or create an ornate "S" wrought Iron scroll for a balcony railing.

Are there any good sites out there that offer those objects or details how to build one?

J

Re: Wrought Iron Scroll Object

Djordje — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:38:36 GMT

josh wrote:
I am trying to find or create an ornate "S" wrought Iron scroll for a balcony railing.

You can build it - if it is flat - with a slab.

You can also use TrussMaker. Also flat.

Curved? Heh ... start with the flat slab, read up on BWALL.

If it is needed only for rendering (don't think so ...) draw the texture in Photoshop or something else, apply.

Re: Wrought Iron Scroll Object

Ignacio Azpiazu — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 18:32:21 GMT

josh wrote:
I am trying to find or create an ornate "S" wrought Iron scroll for a balcony railing.

Wall tool and save as an object gives you a lot of control over the shape. (Check 'Object Making' in the ArchiCAD Help menu.]

Also check out this thread:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=8924&highlight=railing

Re: Wrought Iron Scroll Object

vfrontiers — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:30:26 GMT

(trying to conserve on Forum Topics)...

I am trying to find a Wrought Iron Basket... Looks like the picture below...

Maybe I can get creative with the RAMP object...

Anyway, if you know of one that exists out there in the ether, let me know....

Re: Wrought Iron Scroll Object

Erich — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:36:44 GMT

Duane,

You could play with the SWEEP command in GDL...as I recall, it has a rotation that you can set for just such a twist.

Re: Wrought Iron Scroll Object

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:03:50 GMT

I don't have it but I would not be surprised if it turned out that you can do this with Objective.

Re: Wrought Iron Scroll Object

vfrontiers — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:01:25 GMT

2 min. with the Ramp Object got me this...

Could spend some time adjusting parameters... it's a little "loose", but good enough for now..

Re: Wrought Iron Scroll Object

vfrontiers — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:36:46 GMT

ok.... another dig on the new library schemes for TW2...

The object below; seeming very simplistic, is a 10mb file... no joke!

So the dig is having all these parts EMBEDDED into my file is a killer!

Re: Wrought Iron Scroll Object

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:20:58 GMT

Maybe you could reduce the resolution of the model with the RESOL command in the 3D Script so it will create those twisted surfaces out of less planes. Which will result in smaller file size.
Maybe 16 or 12 will be sufficient instead of the default 36.