I need to make a screened wall... suggestions?

[Anonymous]

I'm creating a screened in outside deck. But I can't find anywhere to make it. Any help?

[fuzzytnth3]

Make a Complex Profile (the horizontal battens are a simple complex profile in this example)


Or use a library object. The image below is of a simple object made following David Nicholson Cole's GDL Cookbook.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for that. But I'm referring to like a bug screen. Very small mesh.

[fuzzytnth3]

MROBINSO3 wrote:
Thanks for that. But I'm referring to like a bug screen. Very small mesh.

I would do that as a wall and apply a texture that uses an alpha channel to create the holes in 3d and for 2d sections / elevs I would link the surface material to a 2d fill that looks like the mesh you are after

[David Maudlin]

MROBINSO3 wrote:
Thanks for that. But I'm referring to like a bug screen. Very small mesh.

For this I duplicated the glass material and altered its color and transparency to be similar to a screen material. I wouldn't use an alpha channel texture, the holes are too small. I place simple window openings in a wall, and assign the screen material to the "glass" of the openings to create the screen porch walls. Then as fuzzytnth3 suggests, use a vectorial fill for elevations.

You should add a Signature to your Profile (click the Profile button near the top of this page) with your ArchiCAD version and operating system (see mine for an example) for more accurate help in this forum.

David

[Rick Thompson]

Rather than try to describe how I make screen, I'll post screens shots. This is in 17, but 16 etc is similar. I use a dedicated composite. Make sure you have transparency selected in 3D. I place post with a beam at the top, and a rail at the bottom, then run the screen like any other wall.

[Rick Thompson]

Sorry, I should have used the internal engine for the rendering... but you do get a shade difference with OpenGL too.