Board and batten siding.

[Tom Krowka]

Anybody have a recommendation for creating actual vertical board and batten siding, other than a picture of it to use with a material. I thought something like this might be in wall accessories, but no go. Found one on Objects Online, but for version 9. Perhaps something more current?

[Anonymous]

Dwight wrote:
Dear Mr. Face Paint: could you please confirm your rendering method.

Lightworks rendering (wohoooo!) + techniques from Lightworks bible (courtesy of Mr. Atkinson) + sketch render techniques described by "tigr" (modified a bit to have some line sketch extensions). Merged both Lightworks render and Sketch render in photoshop using multiply and made the LW render opacity level to 93%.

It may sound like a long process, but its fast really and it gives me that photoshop practice time Iv'e always wanted.

Hey Ralph that Objective stuff is pretty cool! Thanks for sharing.

[Stress Co_]

junior wrote:
Or shell out 149.00 USD and get your hands on the D3 Trim+Stair collection and use the "dentil straight" object to produce your Board and Batten Siding. Then use SEOs for where you have door and window openings. See attached image for example:

I don't know... $50 more for Cadimage's A.T. and not having to mess with SEOs seems worth it (IMHO). Be advised... A.T. is not without it's idiosyncrasies.

[Anonymous]

Tom, why don't you try Polygonal Wall?
Thus you won't have any troubles with windows and roofs!
No SEO need either!

[Anonymous]

Poly walls are a real fun!

[Dwight]

Do you have a quick method for this? It looks tedious.

[Anonymous]

Well, it cannot be called "quick"!
First you draw your profile with lines, then Magic Wand it with a Wall. But it is better than SEO!

[Laura Yanoviak]

kliment wrote:
Well, it cannot be called "quick"!
First you draw your profile with lines, then Magic Wand it with a Wall. But it is better than SEO!

I think this is a very good idea -- it may be tedious, but better than managing SEOs and individual battens that must be trimmed at each opening!

[Anonymous]

kliment wrote:
Well, it cannot be called "quick"!
First you draw your profile with lines, then Magic Wand it with a Wall. But it is better than SEO!

Sounds interesting....I gave it a try but strongly feel that I am not doing it correctly. I tried to rtfm but could not seem to pin point a guide to how kliment uses the polygonal wall. Maybe someone could post a step by step process or point me to the right direction?

If I'm interpreting it correctly, the board & batten becomes part of the wall as a single element? When I do it, the vertical elements don't seem to terminate at the trim. Another thing to consider would be that you would not be able to use your composite structures (for those who use it).

Please feel free to clear up any chaos I created upon myself. Thanks

[Laura Yanoviak]

Polygonal walls are modeled like any other polygonal element (e.g. slab). I would model the siding as a separate component and add it to an un-faced Composite wall (of course, this will require adding an empty opening at every window).

[Laura Yanoviak]

You'll want your battens to be not-quite-as-deep as your window trim for them to terminate at the trim.