topic Re: Adding trim to a tapered column. in Modeling

Adding trim to a tapered column.

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2023 10:51:57 GMT

Im trying to add trim to a tapered square column. I made the column out of a slanted wall. Now I want to apply some trim to the flat/slanted sides of the columns. I can make the trim pieces with no problem, but cant figure out how to make it slant like the column does. I can apply the trim in 2d later, but was trying to model as much as I could on this particular project. Im using AC11 and am a fairly new user. (only a couple months). any suggestions on how to do this? Hope I made my question clear enough too....
Thanks ahead...
Paul

Re: Adding trim to a tapered column.

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:37:51 GMT

Possibly use more slanted walls or use the roof tool to make
sloped slabs as trim.
Peter Devlin

Re: Adding trim to a tapered column.

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:43:22 GMT

Peter,
That method would work fine if the trim was just square. I want to use a decorative moulding. I have made some using the complex profiles but cant figure a way to slant it to match the slant of the columns. Thats my dilema.
Paul

Re: Adding trim to a tapered column.

Dwight — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:55:38 GMT

Can't you tilt the complex profile fill to the wall tilt?

Better yet, make the wall and trim together as a unified complex profile.

Re: Adding trim to a tapered column.

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:20:51 GMT

Dont think either of those suggestions will work in this situation. Will give them a shot tho. Thanks for the tips.
Paul

Re: Adding trim to a tapered column.

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:40:19 GMT

Paul,
From what you have said I envision an obelisk shaped
column with trim but I don't know what kind of trim
and how it is oriented.
I wish we could see what exactly you are trying to do.
Could you give some kind of sketch ?
Thanks,
Peter Devlin

Re: Adding trim to a tapered column.

Dwight — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:48:23 GMT

There's nothing like a sketch to prove the weakness of words describing a visual problem.

Re: Adding trim to a tapered column.

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:00:12 GMT

Ok,
heres a jpeg of what I am trying to do.

Re: Adding trim to a tapered column.

Richard Morrison — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:35:45 GMT

A fairly easy way would be to draw the trim on a flat projection, using slabs, beams, or whatever, save as a library object, then use the free ArchiRotate from Cigraph to tilt. A more tedious approach would be to use tiny roofs.

Re: Adding trim to a tapered column.

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:54:15 GMT

Did not know about ArchiRotate. Am getting it now. That certainly should be the easiest way to accomplish this. Thanks for the info.
Paul