How to model a curved AND sloped wainscot?

[Richard Morrison]

I've started to model a curved and sloped wainscot on a stair. However, I quickly realized that I was getting in over my head. I'd appreciate any suggestions for which tool makes the most sense for doing this. What you are looking at in the attached image is a start using a handrail for the panel stiles/rails with a profiled cap, just to give you the configuration I'm looking for. (I hate this railing tool.) However, these panels ultimately will need some kind of bead sticking or bolection molding around the interiors of the frames. I could easily do a level flat or curved wainscot with cabinet doors, which looks much cleaner, but I don't know how to get these to slope up the stairs, especially around the curve. I've tried turning cabinet doors into morphs, but I don't seem to be able to stretch a corner up or down.

Any suggestions for how to approach this?

[Carstenem]

What to do explained in image Also check out the quick tutorial at 2 min to see the modeling of railing in 3D.



Hope this helps.

[Barry Kelly]

I only did this quickly and haven't set it up properly, but I just used the 'wall panel 22' object in the railing.
Set the segment lengths (inner post distance) to your desired panel length - hide the posts or make them the width of the gap between the panels.
The panels seem to follow the curve pretty well.

Barry.

[Richard Morrison]

Thanks, Carsten & Barry.
This is pretty much what I've done, although it needs to be cleaned up. My bigger concern is how to do the molding around the interior of the panels. Attached is a photo of something similar to what I'm trying to achieve; it's easy on a flat wall, but in my case it needs to curve around the wall.

[Barry Kelly · Accepted solution]

I just used the 'Wall Panel 22' object.
The moulding can be offset from the edge of the panel (or not) and any complex profile shape can be used.
The wall panel and moulding will follow the curve of the railing.

Barry.

[Richard Morrison]

Thanks, Barry! That was EXACTLY what I needed! I didn't even know about the Wall Panel 22 object.

[Srinivas]

Am I missing anything? I can't find the WallPanel 22 object, I checked in my US version of 22. Please let me know.

[Richard Morrison]

You need to be in the Railing Tool, in the "Panels" section, before you can see it.

[Srinivas]

Got it, thank you!