topic Re: crown molding in Libraries & objects

crown molding

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:43:29 GMT

Hi there, I'm new to the forum and also coming from acad to archicad. I have created a new crown object and is there a way to mitre the inside and or outside corners? Any input would be appreciated.

Thanks, Jim

Re: crown molding

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 23:50:24 GMT

go into the archicad library and you'll find a crown moulding library part. possibly very similar to what you created. those parts can be mitered.
I've found the profiles very good.

donald mac donald

Re: crown molding

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 01:18:15 GMT

Yes I've seen the crown that is in the library and it does work, But I also have a radius eve detail that I have made and would still like to mitre and also I would like to know if its possible to mitre for future reference. I know that anything is possible but is there a simple way to achieve this without getting deep into the GDL object making process.

Thanks, Jim

Re: crown molding

Karl Ottenstein — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 01:26:13 GMT

JMM4JMC wrote:
Yes I've seen the crown that is in the library and it does work...

Hi Jim,

I'm guessing that you've made your crown with the Profiler add-on? If so, just go to the object settings and you have two parameters to adjust the ends: "Cutting angle 1" and 2.

If you find yourself doing lots of custom extrusions, you might like Cigraph's ArchiForma 2.0 which has dynamic hotspots for editing the ends (as well as every point in the profile and much more).

HTH,
Karl

Re: crown molding

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 01:26:53 GMT

archiforma will miter, though the whole process can be time consuming.

donald

Re: crown molding

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 01:49:33 GMT

I actually made the profile from the slab tool and it worked and places quite well (except for the miter).

Re: crown molding

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 02:09:20 GMT

I must have been blind not to have seen the profiler. I recreated my profile, piece of cake. Miters look beautiful. Thanks all for the help and replies.

Jim