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How to draw a wall

Anonymous
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hi, newish user of archicad, use mainly autocad..

anyhow, please could anyone tell me of how to draw a wall wich say starts at 1m high and then gradually inclines to 3m over the distance of say 6m?

i basicly want a wall that starts lower and inclines, have tried to find a way but i have a deadline coming up and so running out of time to find out for myself!!

please help!?
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Anonymous
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joeish wrote:
hi, newish user of archicad, use mainly autocad..

anyhow, please could anyone tell me of how to draw a wall wich say starts at 1m high and then gradually inclines to 3m over the distance of say 6m?

i basicly want a wall that starts lower and inclines, have tried to find a way but i have a deadline coming up and so running out of time to find out for myself!!

please help!?
can you post some pic want you want...just sketch it with lines and i will help you.
Anonymous
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the side wall of the building i have drawn and attached, is what i need to draw, it is higher at the front of the building and then lower to the rear.

thanks so much,

cheers Joe
Anonymous
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here is the drawing again without the roof on 🙂
alone.jpg
Anonymous
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soemthing like this ????
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Anonymous
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yeah thats the thing i mean 🙂
Dwight
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Use the roof element to trim it.

See: "Trim Element to roof"

In USA manual, this is page 736

You draw the wall to full height and use the roof over as the trimer.
Dwight Atkinson
Dwight
Newcomer
Use the roof element to trim it.

See: "Trim Element to roof"

In USA manual, this is page 736

You draw the wall to full height and use the roof over as the trimer.
Dwight Atkinson
Anonymous
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is there a way if there was no roof?

just to have the wall?
Dwight
Newcomer
Try discarding the roof after the trim.
Dwight Atkinson