yusuf-333

I am not sure, but this thread may be helpful too.

16 hours ago, mthd97 said:

Awesome ! Well done Yusuf we all knew you are a Chief Master.

 

It looks like you used polyline solids to achieve these results ?

 

I did try to use a polyline and to convert into a molding when placed on a wall but I could only get it to bend one way. It would not wrap around the wall like a backsplash did.

 

So how did you actually go about shaping your molding profile out of another polyline solid right inside a double curved arch ?

 

I can see your boolean operations from your pictures above but how you actually shaped the edge of it, has go me baffled ?

Here is a video 

Thanks

17 hours ago, mthd97 said:

Hi, If anybody is interested, I asked this same question above in the Archicad forum to see how they would solve it over there.

 

This is a video from a lecturer of Archicad in Europe who solves it in that application.

 

 

I would like to throw down a challenge to anyone who is a Chief Architect Master to make a video on how they would create a similar molding in Chief Architect so we can all benefit from it. 

 

If it’s not quite possible right now it would be great if we could do it in a future version of Chief ?

 

I tried it in Chief  X10 but I only got as far as RR and I posted his video over at the Archicad talk forum so others could see Chief in action.

 

If you are a one eyed Chief supporter then please don’t hit the negative button just come up with a solution, if you can’t then just see if any Chief Master here can.

 

You can use any other CAD application if you wish including Sketchup as we can import from that application.

 

Enjoy and have fun !

 

Edit: This is as far as I got in CAX10, please see the picture below of a backsplash on a backsplash. If we could somehow edit a rectangular profile and turn it into a molding and then if could automatically extrude on the path of the edge or something like that ? Then this proposed method would be possible in CA.

CAX10 CM.pdf 259.1 kB · 4 downloads

i tried it using  X10.

plan and pictures attached.

2way curved molding.plan

3 hours ago, jtcapa1 said:

I know we can force a deck railing outside the deck rim and mount it to the rim or fascia, extending it down below the level of the deck but how can this be done with stairs?

 

Here is one way to do it.

You have the sample plan attached, watch video and read the explannations in this old thread. It uses an invisible ramp running allong the sides of stairs and deck. You have full controll of all the parameters you asked once you figureout how the settings work. If you need further explannation you are welcome.

On 9/26/2022 at 1:16 AM, ShaneK said:

Where is Yoseff,,, he could post a video and show you. He is the best at what you're trying to do. 

Thank you sir @ShaneK

11 hours ago, Dexter1 said:

Is there any way to curve moldings in two different planes also?

As @Alaskan_Son explained in his post just model the whole system in zx plane and use it as a window. Read his explanation, it works well.

On 9/23/2022 at 10:37 PM, Alaskan_Son said:

• Converting your symbol to a window symbol, placing that window symbol into a curved wall, and then converting that curved window to a fixture symbol.  This method is the one I've historically used the most because it allows for pretty easy resizing of the symbol.  It is however extremely nuanced and requires setting various things (wall thickness, symbol offsets, wall radius, etc.) just right and using some less than intuitive parameters that you wouldn't normally think of in order to get the desired results.
• Using the Window treatment method mentioned by

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On 8/10/2022 at 7:11 AM, Chopsaw said:

Rob,  I was going to give you a flat out No.  However if you could work out all the cable geometry with moldings then the sections of material between the cables is essentially almost flat.  You could then fill in each section with a face snapping to the intersection points of the moldings.

 

If there is any doubt there is a guy about half way between here and there that I am sure would help out if it is possible.   @yusuf-333

 

On the other hand a small residential type of shade sale that is not flat and only suspended by it's perimeter would be much more difficult.

Hey chop thanks, but this one is too tough to go with chief. Any ways here is my take on it. I modelled it as a plane structure as you can see in the picture. Then converted it to window and applied it on curved wall to bend the whole structure.

Thank you.

Jarrex 

here is an other way to do it.

convert your panel to a symbol(window) then save that window to your library.

draw the curved wall and load that window, it auto curves with your wall.

finally delete surfaces and again convert it to a symbol(hope that is milwork)

hope that helps.

custom pannel window symbol.calibz

Spiral Stair Library available.

Balustrade railing

Spiral stair beyond 360°, No of threads=14 , angle 30°

People are adding this symbols to their library.

Download the attachment.

Price is $10

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Modern Spiral Stair Glass Pannel Glass Thread 1.calibz

3 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Yusuf,

Do these extend beyond 360 degrees?  Sometimes (often) it's necessary to have more treads and risers to reach from floor to floor.  In order to do that the spiral stair needs to wrap around past 360 degrees.

Thank you Joe for the comment. 
Yes we have symbols both bellow and beyond the 360°. As you can see in the video for example, we have two spiral stair symbols of 30° spiral stairs. The 1st one having 11 threads is less than 360° and the 2nd one with 14 threads is beyond the 360°. 

Thanks again Joe.

This symbols are also available here. You can get your copy for 10USD.

Here is a video showing how to apply this symbol. It is made to cut floor and ceiling platform above. 

Thank you.

Heloo every one. 

Here is a spiral stair synbol/model with glass railing.

Price is $15USD. Paypal me link. Pay 

After payment completed you will have access to a shared google drive folder, so you can download the file  Download

Thank you in advance.

3 hours ago, stevenyhof said:

Very ingenious, Yusuf!

3 hours ago, stevenyhof said:

Here is what I have...

https://www.loom.com/share/97a8d4d7d505469ea195b3c8a7459e08

I do have some issue with my winders, they are not working and have a support ticket open. That might be my issue. I will update once I get an answer to that.

Thank you,

Steve

Hey Steve

Great you have got all the setting, I see you uploaded the dbx. You missed the other important setting to make the smooth transitions. The newel setting! 

Let me add a little more explanation.

How does the program calculate the railing on top of different sections in a railing? I found out that it depends on the newel spacing. If the newel spacing is set to 50cm and compare it with another one with 100cm spacing, you will see the former will have smooth transitions. 

Therefore, if you set NS=0 and (newel width = 0) you get perfect smooth transitions.

I watched your video and see you had issues with smoothness. Hope that helps.

15 hours ago, glennw said:

Yusuf,

You just beat me to it.
I had it figured out by using the top rail to build the wall and using the top rail height to drop the bottom of the solid rail down below the stair itself - the top of the solid rail remains at the set height.

 

Yeah Glenn, you got it. Sorry I should wait your response but I couldn't hang the OP since we were both posting and helping him in his thread seeking for help. Any ways I was sure you'll find out. And exactly your thought was where I started to think of the problem further. I just used an open railing with top rail only. Then adjusting the width and heights accordingly.

Thank you Glenn I may come back with other fun challenges in an other thread.

Oh here it is, import it to your user library first. and from there you can load the railing to your stair.

Solid Rail %22Follow Stair%22.calibz

Hey

Here is a video showing a solid railing that follows stair. Just a railing., no need for stingers nor wall adjystment. I need some one to win this challenge before I post a "railing library objext" that you can just drag from your user library and a draw as usual. As you can see in the video the bottom height and top height can be edited in a dialog box. As you can see it can be attached to the side of the stair too. Glenn will figure out easily I am sure.

you can also do it using the stringers. here attached the sample plan containing it.

Spir Stair solid rail.plan

35 minutes ago, Dermot said:

Stairs can be set to follow curved walls (including invisible ones) by using the "winders" option.  See picture below.  You cannot draw a true elliptical wall though so you will have to approximate the shape using multiple arcs (or lots of short segments).

 

I suspect that the combination of the starter tread and the winders at the top will also be tricky to model.  I think for these I would use individual landings since they can pretty much be made any shape you want.

 

Yeah thank you Dermot.

I didnt think of the winders. I imported the ops picture andI was just trying it using stacked landings.

here are the images.

thank you

thank you

You will need to create a symbol for this type of unconventional stair. If you need it I can create it for you.

On 11/18/2021 at 5:50 AM, Kbird1 said:

 

It's normal buddy, we somalis are known for their generosity.

 

Thank goodness for google translate  

 

Yeah

I pre checked it on GT before posting and I was amazed how google translate's algorithm was designed.