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Curved roof over stairs

Anonymous
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Can anybody tell me how to model this roof? (AC9?)
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Gerald Hoffman
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Colin,

See related thread just awhile ago. Hopefully will answer your question.
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=29416

Cheers,
Gerald
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Anonymous
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A complex profile assigned to a beam (then inclined) in the shape of the cross section would do the trick.
Barry Kelly
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s2art wrote:
A complex profile assigned to a beam (then inclined) in the shape of the cross section would do the trick.
I'm not sure that is possible in version 9 is it?
I'm not sure I skipped that version.

There is a bit of a jump between version 9 and 12 (or now 13) but I think it would be worth it for the new features.

Barry.
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Anonymous
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Hello Barry,
You are correct. Complex profiles came in with AC 10.
In AC 9 one would have to resort to GDL to model this kind of roof.
Tweaking a Profiler object or making an object from scratch.
There was always the mesh tool, tedious but doable.
How did we ever get along without complex profiles ? (we didn't)
Peter Devlin
Anonymous
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Barry wrote:
s2art wrote:
A complex profile assigned to a beam (then inclined) in the shape of the cross section would do the trick.
I'm not sure that is possible in version 9 is it?
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Barry.
Oops, you're right. Skimmed over that vital piece of information.
Ralph Wessel
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Colin wrote:
Can anybody tell me how to model this roof? (AC9?)
OBJECTiVE will easily take care of this, and it works in AC9 too. You can find more info and examples at the link Gerald provided.
Ralph Wessel BArch
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