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Start & end lines with TUBE command

Kaj_AL
Enthusiast

Hi!

 

I've made the upper volume in the image (the "wall") with the TUBE command, but as seen in the picture the meeting of the start and end of the tube doesn't show lines. I've tried changing the mask, but then I also get a line on top of the volume.

Does anyone have good ideas on how to make this have the appearance of standard wall. Is there perhaps a better command than TUBE for this kind of shape?

 

Thank you!

/Kaj

Kaj_AL_0-1723537273910.png

 

Archicad 24-27 SWE
Dell Precision 5560, Windows 11 Pro
11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11950H @ 2.60GHz 2.61 GHz
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Jochen Suehlo
Moderator

In these cases I do not connect the tubes ends at the corner. Instead I connect them in the middle of a straight part. So the corner will have lines as all other corners and the connection point has no lines.

Jochen Suehlo . AC12-27 . MAC OSX 14.4 . WIN11
GDL object creation: b-prisma.de

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Barry Kelly
Moderator

The start lines are mask j5 (16) and the end lines are mask j6 (32) - so these need to be allowed in the total mask value.

I usually write ... 1*0 + 2*0 + 16*0 + 32*0 + 64*0 + 128*0 ... for the mask and then just change the zeros to ones as I need them - or just experiment turning them on or off.

So you would need at least .... 1*0 + 2*0 + 16*1 + 32*1 + 64*0 + 128*0

 

Barry.

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Hi!

 

But that gives a line on top of the shape. Is there anyway to eliminate that line?

 

Thank you!

/Kaj

 

Kaj_AL_0-1723543264602.png

 

Archicad 24-27 SWE
Dell Precision 5560, Windows 11 Pro
11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11950H @ 2.60GHz 2.61 GHz
Solution
Jochen Suehlo
Moderator

In these cases I do not connect the tubes ends at the corner. Instead I connect them in the middle of a straight part. So the corner will have lines as all other corners and the connection point has no lines.

Jochen Suehlo . AC12-27 . MAC OSX 14.4 . WIN11
GDL object creation: b-prisma.de

Great idea, thank you!

Archicad 24-27 SWE
Dell Precision 5560, Windows 11 Pro
11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11950H @ 2.60GHz 2.61 GHz