Creating lead roof folds

[Anonymous]

Hi, how can I create this sort of geometry on a lead roof in archicad?
http://www.celticleadwork.co.uk/images/lead-barrel274p.jpg
I know I could do it with a texture in artlantis afterwards but ideally I need to be able to view the ridge spacings etc. as I design so actual geometry for each of the 'folds' or 'ridges' would be better. I cant find a way to do it.

Thanks for your help.

[Anonymous]

My first thought would be to model it with a profiled wall and then save that as a library part. Changes would require revising the original profile and resaving the part but it's not too bad unless you have many instances.

[Ralph Wessel]

Posho91 wrote:
Hi, how can I create this sort of geometry on a lead roof in archicad?
http://www.celticleadwork.co.uk/images/lead-barrel274p.jpg

This will be quite easy to do with OBJECTiVE. Refer to proposed answer to a similar question here.

[David Maudlin]

Posho91 wrote:
Hi, how can I create this sort of geometry on a lead roof in archicad?
http://www.celticleadwork.co.uk/images/lead-barrel274p.jpg

Another option is the Shell Tool, Revolved with Detailed Construction options, just need to draw the profile. Create one segment then Multiply for the length of the roof.

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David

[Anonymous]

Thanks guys, I've had a play with Objective, shall try the shell tool too and let you know how I get on, that shell looks nice though. I need to do a similar thing for walls too since they're also clad with lead in my design. Here's a render to show what I mean (have just used a texture)

Apologies the image I showed at the start is a barrel, my roof is straight.
So i suppose I can use shell>extrude