gable trims

[Anonymous]

Probably the most basic of questions but anywho…

Trying to make up some simple gable finishes... in cad would be simple as extruding a poly line and cutting holes in it and rotating it up vertically, done in all of a minute or two… so im trying to take a similar route with a slab…. 20mm thick, cut some holes in it and go to rotate it from horizontal to vertical… and im stuck…..??

Can it be rotated that way?? If so how? If not how do make something so simple with out spending to much time on it.

i feel dumb for even asking, cos im sure its quite simple.

[jbArch]

For the slab method, view it in 3d (from what will be the "top") and then use "Save Model As..." in the File menu.

For complex profiles I think you are almost there. In your profile manager you have it set to use with walls, but you need to use with beams instead. Just click on the beam option (there are 3 icons: one for walls, one for beams, one for columns).

[Anonymous]

jbArch wrote:
For the slab method, view it in 3d (from what will be the "top") and then use "Save Model As..." in the File menu.

yup thats what i tried to do.. file>libraries and objects>save modle as
and i only get the option to save as gsm

jbArch wrote:
For the slab method, view it in 3d (from what will be the "top") and then use "Save Model As..." in the File menu.

For complex profiles I think you are almost there. In your profile manager you have it set to use with walls, but you need to use with beams instead. Just click on the beam option (there are 3 icons: one for walls, one for beams, one for columns).

even when i click on beam.. what then??? all the buttons are blanked out and im un able to click anything to save or store it??

[jbArch]

saving as GSM is fine... that's how I do it. Someone earlier mentioned GDL but I don't think I've tried that one.

As for the grayed out "store profile" button... I'm stumped. Maybe you could double check that you've drawn something with the fill tool on construction layer, as opposed to just lines?

[Anonymous]

im an idiot.. i had my complex profile done in lines.. instead of fills

would still like to know how to save my slab cut out as a GDL tho


EDIT:

saving as GSM is fine...

cheers, ill give that a go

[Anonymous]

thanks once again everyone...

[Erika Epstein]

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[Anonymous]

Erika wrote:
Nice work!
You might want to take a look at Ralph Wessel's Objective
http://www.encina.co.uk/objective.html
There's a free 30 day trial that is well worth doing.

cheers. yeah iv been looking at that, and have seen it mentioned a few time in various thread.. just gotta convince the boss to spend the moneey to buy it

[Anonymous]

the way i did do it was with the complex profile. im just playing with saving it out as a library item.
im in 3d with the parallel projection settings window open and i have x and z on zero degrees, and Y on 90 degrees.. this gives me a top/plan view of the slab laying flat.. i need to set Y to zero to get the actual "top view" of the gable tim before saving it out.. but every time i type zero in to the Y it just jumps back to 90...?? the closes it will alow me to 0 degrees is 0.5 degrees? any reason i cant get it to go to exactly zero?

or am i meant to be somewhere else to be setting the camera angle???

[Erika Epstein]

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[Anonymous]

GeNOS wrote:
the way i did do it was with the complex profile. im just playing with saving it out as a library item.
im in 3d with the parallel projection settings window open and i have x and z on zero degrees, and Y on 90 degrees.. this gives me a top/plan view of the slab laying flat.. i need to set Y to zero to get the actual "top view" of the gable tim before saving it out.. but every time i type zero in to the Y it just jumps back to 90...?? the closes it will alow me to 0 degrees is 0.5 degrees? any reason i cant get it to go to exactly zero?

or am i meant to be somewhere else to be setting the camera angle???

This is what you want (see image)

See the camera position (indicated by arrow), view and camera azimuth. Select Side view, drag the camera around icon or change azimuth to 90.