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Curved Walls (curved edge not showing in elevation?)

rob2218
Enthusiast
I have quite a few curved walls in this model.
I've placed an "out of the box" exterior elevation and the "edge" of the curved wall is NOT showing....what gives folks?

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Barry Kelly
Moderator
It seems to happen when the edge of the window opening is placed exactly on the end of the curved wall.
Sorry I don't have a solution except to move the window slightly away from the end of the curved wall.
Oddly enough though when I move it back to the end the wall remains visible - so maybe that is the solution.
Place it, move it then move it back.

Barry.
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rob2218
Enthusiast
ahh geez...but I don't understand what you mean by "move the window"?
move the windows how?
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Barry Kelly
Moderator
Select the window in plan and drag it away from the end of the curved wall.
This only needs to be a small move in my experiment.
Now look at the elevation and the wall should be OK - it was for me.
Try moving the window back in plan to where it was before - my wall remained OK in elevation after I had done this.

Barry.
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Stress Co_
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I hate it when it doesn't work as expected,
but I'd draw a 2D line and move on.
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rob2218
Enthusiast
Arghhhh!!!!....no no no....no 2D!.....model "MUST" work!.
geez...I despise doing that. drawing 2D stuff when the model should just "WORK".....

I tried the window movement around.
didn't do if for me.
as a matter of fact, when I copy the 'curved wall over to the left 10 feet and just look at the elevation of the curved wall...same thing....it does'nt show the edge...dunno.
this blows.
Stress wrote:
I hate it when it doesn't work as expected,
but I'd draw a 2D line and move on.
...Bobby Hollywood live from...
i>u
Edgewater, FL!
SOFTWARE VERSION:
Archicad 22, Archicad 23
Windows7 -OS, MAC Maverick OS
rob2218
Enthusiast
seriously.....I have no idea what causes this?
it has something to do with the the wall cleanups?
dunno...cause when I copy these walls over and do a "fillet with radius of 4'0") it wont show the edge, with or without windows, doors, whatevers....still blows.
...Bobby Hollywood live from...
i>u
Edgewater, FL!
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Archicad 22, Archicad 23
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rob2218
Enthusiast
I mean..here's the test.
take two walls at 90 degrees from each other.
Don't make them touch just yet.
separate the walls by say....10'
so you should have an "OPEN" L-shaped diagram in plan.
then use the "chamfer" corner command and use the "radius" instead of the "chamfer" at about 5 feet.
then look at the elevation. Seems the "chamfer" and the walls do something where the "edge" becomes invisible....it's a glitch.
...Bobby Hollywood live from...
i>u
Edgewater, FL!
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Archicad 22, Archicad 23
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Barry Kelly
Moderator
Chamfered walls work fine for me until I put a window in exactly at the end of the curved wall.

Barry.
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rob2218
Enthusiast
huh....well...dunno sir.
dunno if it's a composite issue, a wall issue, a real live glitch issue...just dunno.
allz I know is that it doesn't produce an "edge" line when viewing the wall in elevation.
...Bobby Hollywood live from...
i>u
Edgewater, FL!
SOFTWARE VERSION:
Archicad 22, Archicad 23
Windows7 -OS, MAC Maverick OS