gridshell / perforated curvilinear mesh

[Anonymous]

Hi, can someone please help me. Does anyone know how to make a grid shell structure wrapped in an organic form. I have recently migrated to ArchiCad 15 and I was able to do the substructure of the building using the shell tool. I also tried using solid elements and extrusion for the grid shell but it doesn't maintain the parallel lines of the grid shell since I lined up the 'operator' elements in 2d 'plan and elevation'. So it doesn't work properly since my structure is curvilinear. I have attached a rough 3d of the model.

Thanks in advance

[Anonymous]

Depending on the details you may be able to cut sections at appropriate places in the shell and make complex profiles to serve as solid operators. The undulations might b*gger up this approach, but if the mullions are strictly radial and circumferential it should work. You might even be able to do it with a single profile.