How to inspect generated code?

[Anonymous]

Hi
I'm using the SWEEP command. I generate a slab in the floorplan that I drag toe GDL-editor. And that gives me a lot of coordinates for the curve in the plan. I also make a polyline in the space and put the scale to 1.1.
But, the problem is: I would like to have the coordinates for the curve that is generated at last.(The top of the figure), because I would like to use the MASS command and create a figure on top of this. The last generated coordinates in the first figure is the ground line in the second figure.
See what I mean? So how do I inspect the generated coordinates?

[David Maudlin]

Anne:

No figures are attached, very hard to understand the issue without them.

David

[Anonymous]

Here is the picture of the back of the chair, so far, and a picture of the chair I'm trying to make.

[Erich]

Anne,

You might want to take a look at the COONS command rather than MASS to make this one. This command allows you to define two pairs of space curves and then interpolates a surface between them. Without checking, I don't have archicad at hand right now, I don't recall if you can get the top and bottom surfaces to generate so you might need to add those separately.

HTH

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I would suggest RULED, which behaves like Erich described.
Two curves, a base and a space one.

This could be made with COONS too, but is a more
laborious way having 4 edge curves for each surface.

Hope this helps.

[Erich]

Another option could be to use the sweep command. The scaling factor in this command could allow for the flair of the back of the chair.

[Frank Beister]

material_decke=SYMB_MAT
material_boden=SYMB_MAT
material_seite=SYMB_MAT
material_neigung=SYMB_MAT

c = 0.04 / 2   ! half thickness
d = 0.1         ! offset each side
msk=8+2+64

rotx 90

for i=-1 to 1 step 2

  mulz i

  HPRISM_ material_decke, material_boden, material_seite, material_neigung,
    4, c, 0, c, 1,
    d,0,msk,
	a-d,0,msk,
	a,zzyzx,msk,
	0,zzyzx,msk

  del 1

  next i

del 1

Not curved, but done in 5 minutes. 😉