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Connecting sloped beams to horizontal beams

Kikoria
Enthusiast

Hi there. I have a trouble with connecting the sloped beam to the horizontal one. This is how it looks like:

Kikoria_0-1684234211744.png

I've always had this type of trouble. I get the point that one profile is sloped and the second one is horizontal, so they can't match exactly. Bu what you do in this type of cases?

Kind regards,
Tamaz Kikoria
Architect
Technical Examination and Design Department
GEORGIAN WATER & POWER
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DGSketcher
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Put a 90 degree flat return on the top beam and connect the sloping beam to it. 

Apple iMac Intel i9 / macOS Sonoma / AC27UKI (most recent builds.. if they work)

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Solution

Yes.

You always need to turn the corner on the same plane, otherwise it is impossible to mitre the profiles (properly).

The builders will have exactly the same problem on site.

I am not sure what the technical term is, but I call it a transition zone.

 

Here is a post I made some time ago using a profile in the railing tool.

It shows the transition of the profile around the corner.

 

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Profile-to-follow-slope-of-roof/m-p/219961/highlight/tr...

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
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Gordana Radonic
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hi @Kikoria
Are you using complex profiles with the beams in the example?

 

Regards,

Gordana Radonić

Community Manager

Solution
DGSketcher
Legend

Put a 90 degree flat return on the top beam and connect the sloping beam to it. 

Apple iMac Intel i9 / macOS Sonoma / AC27UKI (most recent builds.. if they work)

Yes, I am. But this case happens in simple profiles too.

Kind regards,
Tamaz Kikoria
Architect
Technical Examination and Design Department
GEORGIAN WATER & POWER

Do you mean something like that?

Kikoria_0-1684311869249.png

 

Kind regards,
Tamaz Kikoria
Architect
Technical Examination and Design Department
GEORGIAN WATER & POWER
Solution

Yes.

You always need to turn the corner on the same plane, otherwise it is impossible to mitre the profiles (properly).

The builders will have exactly the same problem on site.

I am not sure what the technical term is, but I call it a transition zone.

 

Here is a post I made some time ago using a profile in the railing tool.

It shows the transition of the profile around the corner.

 

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Profile-to-follow-slope-of-roof/m-p/219961/highlight/tr...

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11