Rich_Winsor

About 5 years ago I took a shot at modeling a VersaTube metal building kit we assembled here on the property. It was modeled completely using Molding Polylines. It was a major PITA. I even used Molding Polylines to create the steel siding as well. Currently I've been modeling a 40' x 50' metal shop kit we are preparing to assemble. Having learned my lesson with the Molding Polylines this time I modeled the building frame completely from 3D solids. I just modeled cross sections of the steel members and converted them to 3D Solids. Instead of extruding the beams just set the length you need in the 3D Solid Specification DBX. I made a 1 layer Wall Type 1/2" thick using Red Ribbed Metal for the material. Cladding the steel frame with this wall type encloses the structure and creates a Room so Doors, Windows, Roofs etc. can be modeled normally. Good Luck.

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And I was thinking about dumping Intel after all these years in favor of AMD. https://share.google/uRe4apyR8pb0YkegU

Wanted to see how Chief's Dormer tools would do modeling the dormer from hell. Managed to get it looking good from the outside but don't even want to look inside.

Really like the A-frame render Eric. Lots of nice things going on there. I am however seeing some sort of strange skinny vertical spike going from the top border of the image down to the right side of the A-frame roof. Never seen anything quite like that before.

I feel your pain.

Nepotism is great as long as you keep it in the family. BTW CCooper, what were you doing on November 24, 1971? Just wondering?

Have you had a look at the Herringbone Materials in the Library? They have Herringbone Materials in both Flooring and Tile: Core Catalogs/Materials/Flooring/Wood Flooring/Herringbone Bonus Catalogs/Materials Tiles Basics/Herringbone Tile

This could be one of those occasions where it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

Seems to be working for me. I created Elevation 1 and drew a 3D Solid across the wall. Used the Add Break tool to create the openings for the doors and windows. In Plan View I copied the 3D Solid, rotated it 90 degrees and positioned it against the end wall. Created Elevation 2 and selected the 3D Solid. All the edit handles were available and I reshaped the 3D Solid to fit the end view.

So I downloaded and installed X17. I opened a simple plan I had handy. When I opened a Perspective Full Overview Camera my rig started to labor. The fans started running full blast and the system temps took off. It took a long time to generate a simple Standard image and when it did this is what I got. Has anybody else been getting this behavior?

Have a play with the Fill Style in the Room Specification DBX.

Couple of things. Shadows don't seem to be on in your Standard View and you might want to play with the sun angle to better highlight the shutters.