Adding trim to a tapered column.

[Anonymous]

Im trying to add trim to a tapered square column. I made the column out of a slanted wall. Now I want to apply some trim to the flat/slanted sides of the columns. I can make the trim pieces with no problem, but cant figure out how to make it slant like the column does. I can apply the trim in 2d later, but was trying to model as much as I could on this particular project. Im using AC11 and am a fairly new user. (only a couple months). any suggestions on how to do this? Hope I made my question clear enough too....
Thanks ahead...
Paul

[Anonymous]

Possibly use more slanted walls or use the roof tool to make
sloped slabs as trim.
Peter Devlin

[Anonymous]

Peter,
That method would work fine if the trim was just square. I want to use a decorative moulding. I have made some using the complex profiles but cant figure a way to slant it to match the slant of the columns. Thats my dilema.
Paul

[Dwight]

Can't you tilt the complex profile fill to the wall tilt?

Better yet, make the wall and trim together as a unified complex profile.

[Anonymous]

Dont think either of those suggestions will work in this situation. Will give them a shot tho. Thanks for the tips.
Paul

[Anonymous]

Paul,
From what you have said I envision an obelisk shaped
column with trim but I don't know what kind of trim
and how it is oriented.
I wish we could see what exactly you are trying to do.
Could you give some kind of sketch ?
Thanks,
Peter Devlin

[Dwight]

There's nothing like a sketch to prove the weakness of words describing a visual problem.

[Anonymous]

Ok,
heres a jpeg of what I am trying to do.

[Richard Morrison]

A fairly easy way would be to draw the trim on a flat projection, using slabs, beams, or whatever, save as a library object, then use the free ArchiRotate from Cigraph to tilt. A more tedious approach would be to use tiny roofs.

[Anonymous]

Did not know about ArchiRotate. Am getting it now. That certainly should be the easiest way to accomplish this. Thanks for the info.
Paul