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morph question - window collar

Mats_Knutsson
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Erwin Edel
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For these sort of things I prefer the slightly more intelligent option of (stretchable) custom profiles. To prevent elements interacting I ussually put these on a layer with a different intersection group number from the wall.

For this shape you would need 2 profiles, 1 for the corners and 1 for the middle bit. If you make them stretch vertically, you can use one profile for all windows.
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Mats_Knutsson
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Erwin wrote:
For these sort of things I prefer the slightly more intelligent option of (stretchable) custom profiles. To prevent elements interacting I ussually put these on a layer with a different intersection group number from the wall.

For this shape you would need 2 profiles, 1 for the corners and 1 for the middle bit. If you make them stretch vertically, you can use one profile for all windows.
Hi Erwin,
I'm not sure I'm following how to do this with CP?
Is there anywhere I can dump a short vid to explain?
/Mats
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Erwin Edel
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Here's a screenshot of stretchable CP.

You'll need a 'corner' bit that is both shapes connected.

Just extrude 3 CP walls (2x corner + middle).

Depending on how many times you would use this there is another option to just code a GDL object for it. I generally weigh the hours spent adjusting these things to the hours spend coding (I'm no GDL guru) and sometimes make the leap to make a custom object.
Erwin Edel, Project Lead, Leloup Architecten
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Erwin Edel
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CP has the benefit of super easy editing though.
Erwin Edel, Project Lead, Leloup Architecten
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Laszlo Nagy
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Mats, do you know that you could create a Morph in a Section Viewpoint?
I would have just cut a temporary section through the Window, and would have drawn the section of the Morph, then pulled it in 3D.
Then I would have done the same for the vertical portions in Floor Plan.
Then I would have used Morph SEOs to create one Morph out of them.
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