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problem: slab custom edge not reversible | inverting angle

aryastark
Enthusiast
valar morghello,

now want to change slab's edge but it stretching wrong surface.
i want the other surface to extend.


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*tried to modify it's reference line but it doesn't work.
*don't want to do excessive laboring like setting negative angle + offsetting slab. is there any smart way?


Ver: AC23
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530
Chip type: GeForce GTX 960M
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aryastark
Enthusiast
done with one way but still little laborious.
if you have an alternative suggestion i am listening.
Ver: AC23
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530
Chip type: GeForce GTX 960M
DGSketcher
Legend
If you want the base material turned up that is possibly the best option. I don’t have AC with me just now, but did you try setting the edge angle with the reference line at the bottom of the slab?
Apple iMac Intel i9 / macOS Sonoma / AC27UKI (most recent builds.. if they work)
aryastark
Enthusiast
DGSketcher wrote:
did you try setting the edge angle with the reference line at the bottom of the slab?
aryastark wrote:
*tried to modify it's reference line but it doesn't work.
why AC didn't add that option to it. Team should add "hinge" option to "custom edge settings".
1-hinge is at the top.
2-hinge is at the bottom.
Ver: AC23
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530
Chip type: GeForce GTX 960M
Did you try a negative angle?
Richard
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Richard Morrison, Architect-Interior Designer
AC26 (since AC6.0), Win10
aryastark
Enthusiast
Richard wrote:
Did you try a negative angle?
aryastark wrote:
*don't want to do excessive laboring like setting negative angle + offsetting slab. is there any smart way?
Ver: AC23
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530
Chip type: GeForce GTX 960M
Well, you could always try an angle between 0 and 90 deg., but that may be excessive work.
Richard
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Richard Morrison, Architect-Interior Designer
AC26 (since AC6.0), Win10
DGSketcher
Legend
Only angles between 1 & 179 degrees work, but the logic of the angle is compromised by only ever being set from the top face of the slab, so the base of the slab can be larger than the reference outline but not the top. To fix it you would need the slab to accept values of 181 to 359 degrees and avoid 0 & 180 which would try to create an infinite face.
Apple iMac Intel i9 / macOS Sonoma / AC27UKI (most recent builds.. if they work)
Barry Kelly
Moderator
The edge angle is always 'hinged' from the top surface of the slab - regardless of the reference plane position.
If you want to extent the top of the slab then you have to stretch the actual slab itself and then angle the edge.


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Anonymous
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@ aryastark
You could try "Bordi Solaio (RC)" Slab Accessory in the ArchiRadar Website.
Here: https://www.archiradar.it/it/oggetti/oggetti-gratuiti-archicad-artlantis/viewcategory/12-accessories...
Unfortunately I've never tried it. But by the description, it could do the trick.
HTH.