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ground over an "igloo structure"

Anonymous
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I have to cover my structure with ground, essentially i want to create a structure like a green hill (outdoor). I also want to create curved beams an colums to support my walls inside my green hill.

Thank you
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Anonymous
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Laszlo Nagy
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So the question I guess is: how to do it?
You should model the ground using a Mesh. Then use Solid Element Operations to subtract the volume of the building from the Mesh so it will be correctly displayed in 3D.
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David Maudlin
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Nicola wrote:
I also want to create curved beams an colums to support my walls inside my green hill.
Nicola:

You should be able to create a custom profile of the curved column (as seen in elevation), then use this Custom Profile (see Profile Manager) with a short length of Wall for each column. Short regular walls can be curved (in plan) for the curved beams.

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