Scrollwork method

[Josh Verran]

Any suggestions on how to achieve something similar to the image below.
I'm thinking the method would be to create one segment as a curtain wall panel then repeat using curtain wall.

But haven't done before and be interested to see what other users have done.

[David Collins]

It seems like both the railing and the curtainwall solutions assume the basic fretwork modules will fit perfectly in between the columns. Easier I think to just do it all with morphs. Copy the basic module, Union them into one morph and trim to fit.

But really, this kind of thing just cries out for loopy GDL with a stretchy 2d symbol. Is Param-O up to it yet?

[runxel]

True, thats why I scripted a panel that gets its content from a complex profile, but would get trimmed.

[Djordje]

The machine is sometimes sweating...

Objective? What is the objective of the architectural engineering consultant, with supervision, on a project? 😄

[Lingwisyer]

Custom panels not cropping might not be an issue here, as from the photo, if it is not just and example, there are walls abutting both sides of scrollwork, so you could just align the pattern to the outside corner and have the excess hidden by the walls.

[Eugene]

I have done this by drawing a complex profile for the full span between posts, then placing it as a ~25mm long beam (i.e. perpendicular to the direction you would typically draw a beam). If you only have a couple of bay sizes I have found it manageable.