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Can you skew multiple polylines at once?

alexliz
Advocate

I am drawing in 2D the quoins of a stone wall corner. I need to use an existing detail, but the walls in the current project are a bit off-vertical. Can I quickly skew everything in one go, as opposed to redrawing every single quoin again? So I can do what I am showing below:

 

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Barry Kelly
Moderator

Probably easier to drag them across and modify the edge on the wall.

 

You could use 'Special Distribute'.

 

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But they will distribute along both x and y axis, and you will still have to amend the shape along the wall edge.

 

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Barry.

 

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alexliz
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Thanks Barry, very kind.

Archicad 27 macOS Sonoma

Sadly, it is not possible directly, but with help of GDL. Download the following object: Skewer.gsm

 

Then follow the video for the complete workflow. You need to convert the elements to skew into an object first.

It seems that the best option is to use morphs instead of the original lines, but it can be quickly done using the magic wand as I demonstrate. Then insert the object, inject properties and paste the name of the called object into the call dialog.

Then you can skew the object simply with the hotspot or using the settings.



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