Standing Seam as wall accessory like the Roof Surfacer

[Ian_Forbes_Architect]

I wonder if anyone knows where I can find a Standing Seam object to be used as a wall accessory that allows me to set custom sheet cladding width and depth dimensions, similar to what we have for Roof accessories. I have found several objects on BIM Object, but they all have fixed dimensions.
I need this not only for several facade details but also for 3D visualisation purposes.

I already tried using the Cadimage covering tool object, but it did not work for me.

I would appreciate it a lot if anyone could enlighten me on how to do it or find a solution.

[Barry Kelly]

An updated version that works with complex profiles.

I can't remember if the other version I posted did that or not.

I may have tweaked something else as well (I am always tinkering).

Barry.

[Lingwisyer]

The original one did. With joints? Hm...

[Barry Kelly]

Actually I think it did.

In this latest version I adjusted the positioning of the profile and allowed for it to be flipped front to back or side to side, to save creating new profiles.

Also allowed you to use different profile types (object, beam, column, rail and wall) just in case you have a profile already set up but was not saved allowing it to be used with objects.

I really should document the changes I make!

Barry.

[Lingwisyer]

Oh yeah, that was one issue with the original; the orientation was set to your wall direction.

[furtonb]

Hi,

I have trouble using the object, the profiles won't show up. The steps I did:

1. Load the accessories library (I also had the Fassaden Extras for the original German object)

2. Select a wall in 3D then use the Wall Accessories feature

3. Select the .gsm from your comment and try to use a custom profile:

It should have it displayed, as it is available for all types:

Any ideas? Thanks!

[Barry Kelly]

That is strange.

It works in every version up to 26 (it was written in version 22).

But not in 27 or 28.

I haven't really been using those versions so never noticed.

I thought it might be to do with profiles having folders, but 26 has the folders as well and it works there.

For me it still uses the default profile the object is set to, even though it can't see it in the list of profiles.

But unless you have a complex profile with an attribute of 400, you will see nothing.

I will have to investigate a bit on this one.

Barry.

[runxel]

That's a long standing bug GS never cared to fix.

In the "All Parameters" view GDL can not "see" any profiles anymore, BUT it still works when using a custom UI – that's why most people never ran into this issue, since in all OOTB objects with profile access the UI is always scripted.

Probably a "good enough" in GS' books, so this will surely line up in the hall of bugfame for the decades to come.

[furtonb]

...:) 

Thanks @Barry Kelly  and @runxel for looking into it. In the meantime I've finished with Rhino & Grasshopper.

If someone needs to model wavy facade panels, I recommend this thread to start with, the resulting (GDL) objects are rather lightweight:

https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/sine-around-a-curve/147143/3

With some small modifications it's quite fast to cover a whole building (and thanks to the phase shifting of the sine wave, visually more appealing). You can use placeholder elements from AC to define input curves (practically a reference line and height).

Speckle was also very useful - on a related note, is Rhino 8 supported by AC27?

I didn't make the switch to AC28 yet.