Having trouble with complex profiles

[Anonymous]

Hi there,

I'm trying to create a concave, irregular wall somewhat similar to this one:



I am fairly new to making complex profiles and am struggling. Any help would really be appreciated.

thanks.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, just some extra information.. I can make the curve fine but i cant work out how to make the wall 'bubble'. here is another picture






See how the building 'bubbles' instead of just being the same curve the whole way through. Whats the best way to do this? Would i have to make different comple profiles and then add them together?

Cheers.

[Anonymous]

use custom profiles with a horizontal section instead of a vertical one..

[Anonymous]

liek this.. then u will need to flip it over so its in the right plan for a roof

[Anonymous]

Thankyou for the reply it's exactly what i was looking for. One question but, I can't seem to find the option to change the custom profile from a vertical section to a horizontal section.. I'm sure it must be right infront of me but I cant for the life of me see it..

[Dwight]

You save it as an object.....

[Anonymous]

nah there isnt one.. you will just draw it in teh vertical plan, but assum its horizontal... then place it in vertical like a wall... then if u have that "objective" add on you can rotate it over.. if not save it out as a library item then re insert it and it will be rotated around from vertical to horizontal.. (if that makes sense? lol)

[Anonymous]

willy684 wrote:
Thankyou for the reply it's exactly what i was looking for. One question but, I can't seem to find the option to change the custom profile from a vertical section to a horizontal section.. I'm sure it must be right infront of me but I cant for the life of me see it..

now that u mention it, having this as an option would be an excelent addition to archicad.

[Erika Epstein]

You should be able to do this with the curtain wall tool. Not only is that the type of structure, but you can free rotate it in 3D window to correct the orientation. This keeps the skin parametric

[Anonymous]

thanks for the help, I'm still having a few problems but. To save it as an object i've gone File, Libraries and Objects, Save Project As... Then i save it as a Object file. But i still cannot seem to rotate the object in 3D, it will only rotate in 2D... Would you mind quickly going through the steps once I have made the object please? I'm using archicad 11.