topic Re: Overhead cantilever contours in Documentation

Overhead cantilever contours

zgeorgievg — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 22:04:57 GMT

Hello everyone,

Can you please share your workaround with overhead cantilever contours on floor plan.

I try to model everything and not use 2D elements at all but haven't found a clean solution for this one.

Usually I stretch slabs to the outer side of the cantilever and it works fine as long as it is just 1 or 2 types of composite slab with MVO hide separation line.

But sometimes you have 3 or more types of comp slabs cantilevered (int wooden floor, ext wooden floor, balcony floor etc) with different skins&thickness and separator lines become confusing.

Am I missing something?

Thank you.

Re: Overhead cantilever contours

Aimad Bouziane — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 22:12:15 GMT

Hello,

Can you attach an image of the case with the confusing separator lines ?

Re: Overhead cantilever contours

DGSketcher — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 22:46:25 GMT

You can limit the overhead range within the Floor Plan Cut Plane settings, within elements control if they "Project with overhead" etc and as a last resort split the elements onto different layers so you can control which are shown as overhead. Does that help?

Re: Overhead cantilever contours

Barry Kelly — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 01:02:32 GMT

If you have many individual slabs rather than one composite slab, then I would place the ones you don't want to see in a layer that gets turned off in the floor plan but is on for sections and elevations.

Or if the slabs are on the storey above, you can set the Floor Plan Display of the slab to show on home storey only rather than home storey & one storey down.

Or still just use layers.

Barry.

Re: Overhead cantilever contours

zgeorgievg — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 08:36:18 GMT

This is my best result as of now.

Re: Overhead cantilever contours

Barry Kelly — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 08:52:53 GMT

If I was to model that, I would run the reinforced concrete slab through as on slab.

You can then show the extents of this to get what you want.

Model the tiled slab on the balcony and the timber floor in the upper room separately - they don't have to show on plan

Same for the insulation/render under the balcony and the plaster ceiling in the lower room - separate slabs that don't have to show on plan.

By modelling the floor / ceiling finishes as separate slabs, I think you will have more control.

Barry.

Re: Overhead cantilever contours

zgeorgievg — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 09:07:32 GMT

Thank you Barry, I will consider this option.