https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Strawbale-home/m-p/118851#M62837 <BLOCKQUOTE>Arcadia wrote:<BR />Anyone know how I can simulate the organic rounded corners and opening reveals of the walls of an earth rendered strawbale home?</BLOCKQUOTE> Polygonal walls, complex profiles and Solid Element Operators come to mind.<BR /> <BR /> 1. Place a polygonal wall "patch" at the corners and radius the outside edge to your specification. Should join seamlessly to the adjacent straight wall.<BR /> <BR /> 2. Straight walls can have a complex profiles to suggest a RADIUSED TOP.<BR /> <BR /> 3. Using tube shell objects or complex profiles, you can create CUTTERS to shape window openings and wall top radiuses. Remember to set your OPERATORS layer to a different WALL PRIORITY so the cutters don't try and intersect with your regular walls.<BR /> <BR /> This is sort of a "nutshell" version of an answer. Let me know if I can explain more...<BR /> <BR /> I am sure there are other ways as well. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:47:02 GMT vfrontiers 2008-11-17T13:47:02Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Strawbale-home/m-p/118850#M62836 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>Anyone know how I can simulate the organic rounded corners and opening reveals of the walls of an earth rendered strawbale home?</T></DIV> Thu, 25 May 2023 16:09:20 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Strawbale-home/m-p/118850#M62836 Arcadia 2023-05-25T16:09:20Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Strawbale-home/m-p/118851#M62837 <BLOCKQUOTE>Arcadia wrote:<BR />Anyone know how I can simulate the organic rounded corners and opening reveals of the walls of an earth rendered strawbale home?</BLOCKQUOTE> Polygonal walls, complex profiles and Solid Element Operators come to mind.<BR /> <BR /> 1. Place a polygonal wall "patch" at the corners and radius the outside edge to your specification. Should join seamlessly to the adjacent straight wall.<BR /> <BR /> 2. Straight walls can have a complex profiles to suggest a RADIUSED TOP.<BR /> <BR /> 3. Using tube shell objects or complex profiles, you can create CUTTERS to shape window openings and wall top radiuses. Remember to set your OPERATORS layer to a different WALL PRIORITY so the cutters don't try and intersect with your regular walls.<BR /> <BR /> This is sort of a "nutshell" version of an answer. Let me know if I can explain more...<BR /> <BR /> I am sure there are other ways as well. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:47:02 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Strawbale-home/m-p/118851#M62837 vfrontiers 2008-11-17T13:47:02Z