Modeling an oval profile dormer window

[Anonymous]

I'm trying to model an oval dormer as stated above. I seem to have 3 problems.
1. Trying to model the dormer roof I used the barrel vault roof. The problem with it is that it does not look at all round, much less like a half oval.
2. The hole I cut in the main roof is punched like a vertical extrusion. This is unrealistic.
3. I cannot create a clean intersection between the dormer and the main roof.

Can anyone help, or is my task beyond ArchiCAD ability to model?

[Anonymous]

Jesse wrote:
To my thinking, a complete set of easy to use 3d modeling tools should already be included in AC for the high price they ask.

There are many who agree with you and this is what led to the (recent) development of MaxonForm.

This article by GS CEO Dominic Gallello may promise of more to come. We'll see...

[Anonymous]

Peter wrote:
Jesse,
Magic wand settings are in the Tools menu.

Profiler is an add-on. It should be in a sub-folder inside the
the Add-ons folder. If it isn't there then it is in the Goodies folder
and should be moved to a sub-folder in the Add-ons folder.
Peter Devlin

A simple solution was easy with trussmaker, but then I wanted to add detail so I attempted profiler.
Profiler is only active in plan view (it appear greyed out in section and 3d windows)
I tried making my object in plan, but now it needs to be rotated along the y axis to be correctly oriented.
How is this possible in ArchiCAD without the Objective addon?

[Anonymous]

Jesse wrote:

Peter wrote:
Jesse,
Magic wand settings are in the Tools menu.

Profiler is an add-on. It should be in a sub-folder inside the
the Add-ons folder. If it isn't there then it is in the Goodies folder
and should be moved to a sub-folder in the Add-ons folder.
Peter Devlin

A simple solution was easy with trussmaker, but then I wanted to add detail so I attempted profiler.
Profiler is only active in plan view (it appear greyed out in section and 3d windows)
I tried making my object in plan, but now it needs to be rotated along the y axis to be correctly oriented.
How is this possible in ArchiCAD without the Objective addon?

Save it as a library part. I am to tired to go into the details right now, but I think the method is covered in the manual (it is certainly in the GDL cookbook). The nice bit about this is that you can place multiple copies of the truss and then edit and resave from the original source and all the instances will update.