topic Re: elliptical column in Modeling

elliptical column

Bill — Fri, 26 May 2023 10:51:45 GMT

is there a way to have a column that is elliptical in plan?

the circular column doesn't seem to allow for different x and y dimensions, and neither do any of columns or "basic shapes" in the library...

Re: elliptical column

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:51:37 GMT

Make an elliptical shaped fill and paste it
into the complex profile editor and use the
new profile with the column tool.
Peter Devlin

Re: elliptical column

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:56:26 GMT

Bill wrote:
is there a way to have a column that is elliptical in plan?

the circular column doesn't seem to allow for different x and y dimensions, and neither do any of columns or "basic shapes" in the library...

You can achieve that by applying a custom profile (an ellipse in your case) to your column.

Re: elliptical column

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:59:32 GMT

Peter wrote:
Make an elliptical shaped fill and paste it
into the complex profile editor and use the
new profile with the column tool.
Peter Devlin

Oops ... Didn't see your post Peter. Sorry.

Re: elliptical column

Bill — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:07:36 GMT

THANKS!

Re: elliptical column

Bill — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:42:52 GMT

Since the section of the column is going to be complex (recessed based, top and reveals) I realized I could also make a complex wall profile and then apply that via the magic wand to make a wall from a elliptical polygon. It ends up as a number of curved wall segments, but once they're grouped together it'll work fine.

Thanks again for the prompt replies!

Re: elliptical column

Dwight — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:58:53 GMT

That unreliable server delayed my example, so here is how that wall/ellipse/complex profile thingy could look