Profiles with variable section

[Anonymous]

Hi

I need to produce profiled elements (objects or any other tool), that have adifferent sections on each top. These are segments of a bridge.

I looked at Cad Garage and Encina tools, and it looks like they are not able to do this.

Had a go in Sketchup, only to find out that AC13 does not support .skp import.

Without buying Sketchup pro (to export in DWG), or going back to AC12, is there a way to do this?


Thank you.

[Laszlo Nagy]

That's true.
So on a Mac you must have Bootcamp or something with Windows.

[Anonymous]

Ralph wrote:
You can do this with OBJECTiVE from Encina.

Great tool, great explanation, many thanks.
Still...

The variability of the profile is not only on the slope of the bottom piece, but also on it´s shape: It gets thinner as you go along the bridge, and the groove in the middle gets larger.
Also, the inclination of the lateral walls vary slightly.

So ,what I really need is a profile with the ability to change each top independently, as any free modeler software has.

I ended up doing it with meshes and SEO, and saving it as an object.

Thomas wrote:
- I'd - please - like to know the exact procedure for making .kmz files in Sketchup and getting them into Archicad?

Via Windows, as Laszlo described.

I have recently installed W7 on my Mac Book Pro, via Bootcamp. And boy, is that gui UGLY!