topic Re: Wall Extrusions (Horizontal) in Modeling

Wall Extrusions (Horizontal)

Thomas Allan Palmer — Wed, 24 May 2023 06:54:13 GMT

Is there a way to define a wall profile (horizontal). Like the vertical profile.
Would like to define a vertical corrugated wall that repeats the correct spacing with wall length and maintains the profile as the height changes.

Re: Wall Extrusions (Horizontal)

Steve Jepson — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 22:44:24 GMT

That is a very good question. The short answer is no.
"Wall Extrusions (Horizontal)" is what you are asking about, but it may not be the only way, or even the best way for you to accomplish what you need.

Re: Wall Extrusions (Horizontal)

Thomas Allan Palmer — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 00:57:20 GMT

Steve,

Thanks for the reply. I've used the curtain wall tool in some cases to achieve this but would like the flexibility of creating custom extrusions.

Re: Wall Extrusions (Horizontal)

Karl Ottenstein — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 01:51:12 GMT

I believe the Cadimage (NZ) wall accessory add-on (extra cost product) can generate vertical corrugated metal siding and respond to window/door openings as you desire.

I think your question is mis-stated though - the metal that you illustrate is extruded vertically - not horizontally.

Actual horizontal extrusions are easily done with a complex profiled wall.

Re: Wall Extrusions (Horizontal)

sinceV6 — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:02:35 GMT

Kind of these two old posts:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=233671&highlight=board+batten#233671

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=118799&highlight=board+batten#118799

There is no simple way to do it, but it's "doable".

Best regards.

Re: Wall Extrusions (Horizontal)

Steve Jepson — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 21:58:56 GMT

Thomas,

Why do you need to model the corrugated metal siding?

When I have done that it was for shop drawings with cut lists and schedules and modeled each individual sheet.

If you don't need that, there are other ways to get what you want.

I am modeling an airplane hangar/house/shop with corrugated metal siding and I am doing it with only a simple 2-line wall type and wall tags.

It has about 9 skins.

If it is for a rendering you can get about any texture you need for that and with a little bumpmaping you can improve the rendering.