topic Re: Beam Profile creating stairs? how to make riser lines re in Modeling

Beam Profile creating stairs? how to make riser lines read?

rob2218 — Thu, 25 May 2023 14:47:56 GMT

how do I make the lines in 3D that create the edges of the beam profile "read" in 2D?

Re: Beam Profile creating stairs? how to make riser lines re

Ernest Atanasiu — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 21:59:16 GMT

Turn it into a morph and control line visibility.
AFAIK there is no control in profiled beams for lines that make up the profile.

Re: Beam Profile creating stairs? how to make riser lines re

rob2218 — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 17:09:03 GMT

Exactly!!!!....why don't the "beams" with stepped situation actually SHOW how they are in plan?
For Pete's sake...they show how they are in 3D, in section..in elevation...........WHY not in plan view?

uisanata wrote:
Turn it into a morph and control line visibility.
AFAIK there is no control in profiled beams for lines that make up the profile.

Re: Beam Profile creating stairs? how to make riser lines re

Karl Ottenstein — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:00:03 GMT

No time right now to test, Rob... but if you use the Wall Tool with the same profile to create the stairs, do the wall floor plan display options give you any better appearance? (Being a wall, the layer for the 'stairs' must have a different intersection priority than adjacent walls to prevent auto cleanup.)

Re: Beam Profile creating stairs? how to make riser lines re

rob2218 — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:19:15 GMT

I'll check the graphic 2D display lines with the "wall tool" instead.
Stupid that a beam simply WILL NOT show the 'real' lines it's projecting...........just dumb.

Karl wrote:
No time right now to test, Rob... but if you use the Wall Tool with the same profile to create the stairs, do the wall floor plan display options give you any better appearance? (Being a wall, the layer for the 'stairs' must have a different intersection priority than adjacent walls to prevent auto cleanup.)