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Fill on surface of mesh

Tom Krowka
Enthusiast
Any way for the fill to run with the contours of a mesh? Am using mesh for a ground plane in site plan and would like to use parallel lines running in the same direction as the mutiple varied mesh surfaces.

Don't see any way to do this.

Thanks.
Tom Krowka Architect
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Thomas@wkarchwk.com
www.walshkrowka.com
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NCornia
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Tom,

There is not a way to do this with the Mesh tool but you could use the Mesh to Roof add-on and then align the fill on each individual panel. The amount of time involved will probably outweigh the benefit of doing this though.
Nicholas Cornia
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Tom Krowka
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You're correct about time. Could just regular fill overlay and eliminate mesh to roof step. It would be a nice feature for site plans.....but thanks anyway.

Tom
Tom Krowka Architect
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www.walshkrowka.com
Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
Pretty easy for a material (texture image) ... create a custom image that maps exactly onto the mesh. But, don't know of a way to do it with fills... Or of any way to do it dynamically as a mesh shape is changed...

Karl
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