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Profile Manager Question

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:50:43 GMT

I'm having trouble with the Profile Manager showing the seperation lines or courses in a custom log wall profile. Maybe this is not possible? I have tried to use a different fill in adjacent courses which did not work. the log wall details options are very limited (poor in my opinion) which make for a very unrealistic section view of anything other than a round log.
anybody tried to do this type of thing?

Re: Profile Manager Question

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:15:05 GMT

I did a quick check and it seems to work for me, could you post a picture of how you set up the profile, and is the linework not showing up in elevations of the wall, or in sections through the wall.

Re: Profile Manager Question

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:55:28 GMT

linework is missing in elevation.
side elevation showing face shown next to manager.

Re: Profile Manager Question

Link — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:58:27 GMT

I think you will need to create a minute gap (eg 1/256") between each log to have the lines show up. Otherwise I think the adjoining fills will form one fill and you'll need to assign it a material, with an appropriate vectorial hatching assigned to it.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Profile Manager Question

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:24:00 GMT

Just curious.
Can that be done with the split tool to save polygons?
Bier

Re: Profile Manager Question

Link — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:05:22 GMT

Don't know if the split tool would save polygons. I wouldn't use it personally. I'd just stretch the first two apart, then multiply them again.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Profile Manager Question

Erika Epstein — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:58:05 GMT

If you want the logs to all have the same fill and have the line between them show, make a copy of the fill you want to use and alternate the fills oer the wall on the right.
The one on the left shows the same fill in all the logs and a different one in between.

Re: Profile Manager Question

Link — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:17:05 GMT

Erika, I think he was referring to Elevation.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Profile Manager Question

Erika Epstein — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:39:11 GMT

Re: Profile Manager Question

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:17:04 GMT

I will give seperating the courses a try. It's too bad you can't force a seperation line. Thanks for the input.

Re: Profile Manager Question

David Maudlin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:52:55 GMT

Chris:

I was able to get the lines in elevation by adding a small straight segment between the curves. The wall is a single fill. For some reason, two connecting curves do not yield a line, even when using alternating fills with different material assignments to their curved faces.

HTH

David

Re: Profile Manager Question

Eduardo Rolon — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:57:38 GMT

assign a different side materials to each fill, that should give the result. Only 2 materials needed.

Re: Profile Manager Question

cremsberg — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:58:12 GMT

I was just now working on an eave detail, using different fills where the pieces abut. Maybe this has improved in version 12, but separation lines seem to happen in section as you would expect if the fills are different. Does anyone know how to control fills of 3D elements in section so that some elements have opaque backgrounds and others have transparent? Is this controlled in profile manager? section settings? preferences? I cannot find.

Re: Profile Manager Question

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:50:08 GMT

guys iv created a simple polyline prfile on floor plan.
Now im looking for profile editor.
I just cant find it... looking for about 20 minutes now... girrr.

any help would be great.
thanks.
Ian

Re: Profile Manager Question

cremsberg — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:03:40 GMT

Hi Ian - I do not know which version you are in, but as I am still in version 12, I find the Profile Editor here: Options / Element Attributes / Profile Manager. In AC14, it is in the same place. Good Luck

Re: Profile Manager Question

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:07:48 GMT

after asking and search and searching, found it.
here is the location ( see pic)