2007-11-12 06:10 PM
2007-11-13 04:38 AM
Evan wrote:What I do is make it solid, then elevate a copy of it down the amount of the desired thickness. Then I put it on my hidden s.e.o. elements layers, and then perform the operation. Workaround, yes, but it works well. However, it is no substitute for an actual thickness parameter!
I would love the ability to draw a mesh polygon and give it an extrusion thickness that wouldn't be tied to the ground. For instance, if I wanted to use a mesh for a series of complex triangles for a wall, and then give it all a solid thickness that was perpendicular to the normal for the polygon. This would allow me to have those wall panels have a constant thickness that would update whenever i changed the position of a node in the model.
2007-11-13 07:56 PM
Rex wrote:I completely agree! for now I'll use MaxonForm for this but I would think that this wouldn't be too hard to implement???
What I do is make it solid, then elevate a copy of it down the amount of the desired thickness. Then I put it on my hidden s.e.o. elements layers, and then perform the operation. Workaround, yes, but it works well. However, it is no substitute for an actual thickness parameter!
2007-11-14 06:42 PM
2007-11-15 12:19 AM
Evan wrote:If you don't mind hundreds of roofs AND the loss of being able to edit it, that's a solution. I like SEOs because everything remains live. To thicken the mesh, just move the operator down...
Well I've found a temporary workaround which is to draw the mesh and then use the Mesh to Roof add-on from the downloads page. This doesn't give me exactly what I want, but now I know it's possible for them to add this to the program!
2007-11-15 04:43 PM
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2007-11-16 04:56 PM