I will appreciate if anyone can help with some advise on a problem I'm having with modelling a roof structure.
I attach a sketch of the item in section/elevation.
It consists of a RC slab, angled at 20 deg, tapering to the outside edge.
The slab has some cutout openings in places for architectural reasons.
I would have created a library part by using a slab in plan, rotate, view in isometric from top, save as library part etc., except I cannot then do the cutouts, a significant item that I want to be able to view on the model.
Another way I thought to do it would be to construct the item using a roof plane with the maximum thickness of the element and angled to the underside (20deg), duplicate another and adjust to the angle of the top plane (15deg), adjust vertically to an appropriate dimension and do a solid element operation to achieve the tapering effect. All this works fine, except that when doing the cutouts, the SEO function does not work any more. So I ended up with 2 roofplanes at different angles, with required cutouts in plan, but then I have to create a "filler piece" from a slab as end covers and as these are cut away as 45 deg in plan, it's a time-consuming process of trial and error.
It also seems very laborious, and I'm sure there must be a simpler workaround to achieving this aim.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated?
AC 6, through 27
iMac 27' 3,1 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5
500GB OS X12.7.3 Monterey
