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Custom Wall Profile/SEO Problem

Dwight
Newcomer
In this custom wall profile - vaulted roof with walls, I've trimmed a short segment with SEO slabs into tapered segments for multiplying in an arc.

When assembled, the pieces won't go - there's some kind of SEO trim conflict where little tapered triangles are cut into what should be solid material.

See attached.

Even individually assigning the SEO does not fix it.

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Dwight Atkinson
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Dwight
Newcomer
swell. thankx.
now I must learn that stuff.
Dwight Atkinson
Anonymous
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Hello Dwight,
Could you tell us how you finally got this to work ?
Thanks,
Peter Devlin
Dwight
Newcomer
Once Worldwide Link identified the solution - layer priorities - I assigned alternating elements alternating layers (total=2 layers, priority 1 and priority 2) and the triangular slots disappeared.

Viola.
Dwight Atkinson
Anonymous
Not applicable
Thank you Dwight.
I will remember that one.
Peter Devlin
Dwight
Newcomer
I am doing a lot of that stuff these days so it is nice to have a solution.
Dwight Atkinson
TomWaltz
Participant
OK, I don't even have a joke for this one.... what is that, Dwight?
Tom Waltz
__archiben
Booster
why did you have to use SEO's? couldn't you have space-clicked your wall onto the desired curved line. the 'magic wand settings' could be set to define the number of segments you're after?

just a thought . . .

ben
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Dwight
Newcomer
I was unaware that custom profile could be lead around in circles?
Space clicking on a curved path yields a different wall - a square block.
Dwight Atkinson
TomWaltz
Participant
Dwight wrote:
I was unaware that custom profile could be lead around in circles?
Space clicking on a curved path yields a different wall - a square block.
When you try to trick Archicad into drawing a curved profile, you get a rectangular profile the same size instead 😞
Tom Waltz
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Booster
Dwight wrote:
Space clicking on a curved path yields a different wall - a square block.
do it with the beam tool . . . ?
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