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Modeling
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How do you model joints in a metal panel clad wall?

Anonymous
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Doing a rendering with Archicad and Cinerender, and need to get a running bond type pattern of metal panel joints to show up in the rendering.

Any suggestions on how to go about this? Or do I just literally have to model each panel with a thin wall or slab and place them all?
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Barry Kelly
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If it is just the rendering you want to see the joins in then you will need to modify your surface material.
You will need a bump map to define the joins.
Have a look at some of the default brick surfaces to see how it can be done.

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MaxamAC wrote:
Doing a rendering with Archicad and Cinerender, and need to get a running bond type pattern of metal panel joints to show up in the rendering.

Any suggestions on how to go about this? Or do I just literally have to model each panel with a thin wall or slab and place them all?
Can you show a picture of the metal clad panels ?

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