topic Re: Solid Element Operations problems! in Modeling

Solid Element Operations problems!

toofuerte — Tue, 23 May 2023 13:26:30 GMT

I have been editing a roof, and I have the walls SOE'ed. After changing the pitches and realigning the edges, the walls are no longer cut. I re-cut them and they stay uncut. I have copied and replaced the roof and it still has the same problem. is there some kind of bug or something? if anyone can help that would be great.

I have had the problem before with meshes, and I copied the mesh and replaced the old one and then it worked, takes a few times of copying and pasting.

Re: Solid Element Operations problems!

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:31:58 GMT

G'day.

by SOE'ed, i think you mean "trim to roof"? and then after you've moved the roof around, up or down, the wall stays trim to how/where the roof was.

if that's the case, then to reset the wallto its original state so that you can re-trim. pick the wall, go to its 'wall selection settings' dialogue box. there's an option in the 'model' section of the settings called "undo roof trim". that should reset the wall.

Minh.

Re: Solid Element Operations problems!

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:13:41 GMT

Minh

SEO is used as an alternative to "trim to roof" and stays linked, i.e. if you alter the roof the wall "cut" moves to suit. Both methods have their merits and drawbacks. Gerald "Toofuerte's" problem is that these changes are not being updated as they should be. Of course if you delete a roof which is used as an "operator" then create another roof in its place the SEO is lost, but I don't think that is the case here.

(or are you saying Gerald has "trimmed to roof" but is describing it as SEO?)

Re: Solid Element Operations problems!

Stephen Dolbee — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:36:02 GMT

In my experience it has always been a roof problem when SEO's no longer work. Try changing all roof edges to vertical and see if that helps. I do wish Archicad would let us know if a roof had degenerated in some way.

Steve

Re: Solid Element Operations problems!

toofuerte — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:53:57 GMT

sounds like Steve has it right. I used to use the trim to roof, but when I change the roof pitch and height the wall is still trimmed so I have to take off roof trim and then re-trim and that gets annoying. but I have had the same problem when I just do a trim to roof. SEO is solid element operations, sorry i said SOE.

Re: Solid Element Operations problems!

toofuerte — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:33:43 GMT

When I set all edges to vertical it all works now,

Thanks,

Re: Solid Element Operations problems!

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:10:45 GMT

I have 2 copies of non-rectangular multi-sided slab. One is offset inside the other and I want a Boolean subtraction. Can't get it to work.
Can send file if anyone wants. Regards
Fred

Re: Solid Element Operations problems!

Aussie John — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:20:48 GMT

Broker wrote:
I have 2 copies of non-rectangular multi-sided slab. One is offset inside the other and I want a Boolean subtraction. Can't get it to work.
Can send file if anyone wants. Regards
Fred

Dont forget they need to be on separate layers and then hide the cookie cutter

Re: Solid Element Operations problems!

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:45:25 GMT

Thanks for the reply John. Already have tried that, still can't make it work. The two slabs are on different layers, they are both the same thickness and after the operation I hide the layer of the Operator. Hmm will try again. 🙂

Re: Solid Element Operations problems!

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:12:48 GMT

ahhaa, now then, straight subtraction does not work but subtraction wth downwards extrusion does. Beats me but hey I can stick the hair back on...time for coffee. Thanks fir the help guys. regards Fred Wright, Architect, Bulgaria

Re: Solid Element Operations problems!

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:11:25 GMT

Fred

If you simply want a hole thru a slab (i.e. not a recess) just select the slab, have slab tool active and draw the shape of the hole. Bingo.

Re: Solid Element Operations problems!

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:29:53 GMT

Thanks for the help, I know about the cutting of slabs by dragging shapes, but in this case I had a shape of a floor or house outline sent and would not have been so easy to do the simple method. So I made a copy put on a new layer and... anyway all is ok now so I'm on to the next problem. Thanks again, Fred Wright, Architect

Re: Solid Element Operations problems!

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:37:58 GMT

Magic wand works too...