topic Re: can you trim a roof to a wall? in Modeling

can you trim a roof to a wall?

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2023 13:13:38 GMT

simple as, is it possible to trim the roof to the wall?
in my picture one end of the roof width is thinner than the mid section, i was thinking of making the roof the widest width then trimming it to the wall if it is possible?
any help would be great

Re: can you trim a roof to a wall?

Thomas Holm — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:23:04 GMT

SEO, roof target, wall operator, subtract.

Re: can you trim a roof to a wall?

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:10:45 GMT

You can use the Split command, but this will be a continuous split in one line only (no zigging and zagging to follow wall direction if they vary)

Re: can you trim a roof to a wall?

Stuart Atkinson — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:19:15 GMT

Unless i am missing something obvious, why don't you just add a couple of extra nodes to the roof edge and adjust the width in the floor plan (including adding the curve)?.

Cheers
Stu

Re: can you trim a roof to a wall?

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:57:15 GMT

sorr for sounding dumb but what is seo? select each object?

Re: can you trim a roof to a wall?

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:30:56 GMT

Solid Element Operations

In the design drop down menu

Re: can you trim a roof to a wall?

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:18:20 GMT

The basic difference between Trimming a Wall to a Roof and using a SEO (with the Wall as Target, Roof as Operator, the action being Subtract with Upward Extrusion) is the with the Trim to Roof the Trim will stay where it got generated even when you move the Roof higher for example. With SEO, they are associated so if you move the Roof, the Wall Trim changes accordingly.
You need to decide which of the two methods fits your particular purpose better.

Re: can you trim a roof to a wall?

Anonymous — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:52:57 GMT

The question was about trimming the roof to the wall, Laszlo.

Easy mistake to make.

Re: can you trim a roof to a wall?

Laszlo Nagy — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:31:08 GMT

s2art wrote:
The question was about trimming the roof to the wall, Laszlo.

Easy mistake to make.

True, but KRAY345 asked about SEO so I thought I might point out this to him thinking if he does not know what SEO is he may not know the use of SEO versus Trimming (Or maybe he knew, he just did not know the word SEO )

Re: can you trim a roof to a wall?

Thomas Holm — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:57:30 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
True, but KRAY345 asked about SEO

He's simply one of the guys who find it easier to post a question than to do a search in the forum or check the Help files. Sometime I think we (me included) are too eager to help. These users will be better off in the long run if they learn to find and read the easy help sources themselves.

Re: can you trim a roof to a wall?

vistasp — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:40:18 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
Or maybe he knew, he just did not know the word SEO

When I was new(er) on this forum and came across the term SEO, it sounded almost esoteric. What threw me completely was that the help files contained no reference to it.

Had to hunt through a dozen or more threads just to find out that it stood for Solid Element Operations.

Re: can you trim a roof to a wall?

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:07:25 GMT

Thomas wrote:
laszlonagy wrote:
True, but KRAY345 asked about SEO
He's simply one of the guys who find it easier to post a question than to do a search in the forum or check the Help files. Sometime I think we (me included) are too eager to help. These users will be better off in the long run if they learn to find and read the easy help sources themselves.

Im sorry, but forums are designed to help those in need, especially beginners such as myself. I agree that people should search and i did but to get a specific answer relating to your problem you need to ask a specific question, and not spend hours scrolling through search results.
People want answers quick as they are probably coming across that problem at that moment in time, and although this may seem a bit demanding a forum is a community of people to input their view on a problem - some more helpful than others

Re: can you trim a roof to a wall?

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:19:29 GMT

Did you get the answer you wanted?

Re: can you trim a roof to a wall?

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:48:12 GMT

s2art wrote:
Did you get the answer you wanted?

i did yes, thank you