Making a dome with ribs and glass [This technique is highly editable, relying on, no surprise, the complex profile as a wall tool creating two related profiles].
1: Draw a circle to the dome diameter
2: Get the dome radius
3: activate the Complex Profile, open the edit window.
4: draw 1/2 the dome as an arc
5: Copy the arc, paste the arc [original location] shrink one arc about 2"
5: Magic wand a line against both arcs using the magic wand 'segments along arc + linear segments' constraints to establish the number of flat panes.
6: delete the arcs
7: Close off the top and bottom of the segment to contain a fill
8: Magic Wand a fill into the space. Tell it to be glass.
9: Using a different fill, draw muntins at the pane edges. Tell them to be metal.
10: Copy all. Store the profile.
11: Paste into a new profile edit window. Use original location constraint.
12: Draw the mullion section. Metal. Store.
13: Return to the plan view.
14: Set up the glassandmuntin section in the wall tool
15: magic wand the wall to the circle [linear segments, as many as needed, say 24?16?]
16: switch to the mullion section in the wall tool
17: draw a mullion width wall radiating from the center to edge
18: When satisfied of its orientation [until you get good at this, the wall often draws backwards] multiply the mullions around the circle.
19: Play the viola. You are done.
1: Draw a circle to the dome diameter
2: Get the dome radius
3: activate the Complex Profile, open the edit window.
4: draw 1/2 the dome as an arc
5: Copy the arc, paste the arc [original location] shrink one arc about 2"
5: Magic wand a line against both arcs using the magic wand 'segments along arc + linear segments' constraints to establish the number of flat panes.
6: delete the arcs
7: Close off the top and bottom of the segment to contain a fill
8: Magic Wand a fill into the space. Tell it to be glass.
9: Using a different fill, draw muntins at the pane edges. Tell them to be metal.
10: Copy all. Store the profile.
11: Paste into a new profile edit window. Use original location constraint.
12: Draw the mullion section. Metal. Store.
13: Return to the plan view.
14: Set up the glassandmuntin section in the wall tool
15: magic wand the wall to the circle [linear segments, as many as needed, say 24?16?]
16: switch to the mullion section in the wall tool
17: draw a mullion width wall radiating from the center to edge
18: When satisfied of its orientation [until you get good at this, the wall often draws backwards] multiply the mullions around the circle.
19: Play the viola. You are done.
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