Another Floor Plan Cut Plane Problem

[Anonymous]

It may well be user error.


I'm drawing an old masonry fort with lots of vaults, etc. The first image is the model view of the parade side. As you can see there's a large vaulted opening in the front wall.

In the second image (next post) is the plan view - and the wall appears solid despite the fact that it's been cut. I've set the floor plan cut plane to 3', which is definitely below the arch. Why is it still showing solid?

[Anonymous]

Here is the plan view - and the wall appears solid.

[Dwight]

How is the arch defined?

[Anonymous]

What have you used to form the opening? Empty door / window? SEO? Something else? If it's a door or window what are its display options?

[Anonymous]

Looks to me like the arch is not exactly an "arched opening" in a super-thick wall. If it were, it would probably show up OK on the floor plan with the wall displayed as "symbolic cut." It appears that you're using some sort of curved roof object to make the arch and/or using solid element operations to produce the archway. That's cool and all, but in plan view it would probably produce a result like in your second image.

Though I wouldn't recommend this universally, you could try raising your cut plane to 4' or 5' to see if it shows up....

In any case, if you haven't already done this, I would suggest that you model the wall that the arch is in as being 6' thick (or however deep the arch is) and insert an arched opening (it's a door type) into the super-thick wall.

good luck
Zolli

[Dwight]

Yes. Some users might not be aware of these parametric window openings

[Link]

Be sure your model view options are correct too:

Document> Set Model View> Model View Options...> Door Options> Show On Plan.

Cheers,
Link.

[Anonymous]

Well - I modeled everything using SEO ...

I form the vault (which is 40 feet from front to back) using the roof tool. The front wall is only about a foot thick.

Inside the thick vault I build a super thin shell and use that as the operator in the SEO - I need to post a picture of the whole thing ... I'll work on that - it takes a minute or two to render.

The vault needs to be what it is (I'm pretty sure) because I want to study the drainage systems above it.

I'll work on posting that picture.

[Dwight]

And of course SEO's don't show, so there's your answer.

I am certain that you can exactly match your vault with a window opening vault.

However, if not, you can achieve a smoother and more controllable vault using the Custom Profile Beam option where you exactly define your vault as a beam shape.

[Link]

And if that doesn't cut it, you could always leave the SEO there and just insert a short empty opening the same width as the SEO, so it shows up in plan.

Cheers,
Link.