Clemsongrad Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 How would you go about modeling a 4 story brick flour mill where the walls change in thickness in two ways: each of the 4 flours are less thick and the areas below the windows are also less thick. My guess is that you would make different wall types first and draw the floor plan by drawing a section, change type, draw another section and then change type and so on. Will that create any unforseen problems down the road? Or would you draw the all the walls the thickness at the window and add the extra brick added on in each area? Not your typical project! THX Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Not that I have tackled a project like this before but I was thinking that a transparent wall material region under the windows might work if you could define the main layer of the wall as the thickness under the windows. Joe made a special tool just for situations like this and you can also use the label from the Wall Material Region as illustrated. If you don't have the tool already you can download it here: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/4333-hole-in-the-wall/?hl=%20wall%20%20material%20%20region And learn how to use it here: http://screencast.com/t/jbJxuYlcOqLP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaneK Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Thanks for reference Chop to Joe Carrick's "hole in wall" tool. Working together makes all of us better at this program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justmejerry Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 By the sounds of your description you have tapered walls Clemsongrad. If this is the case you would probably model using roof or p solids/solids and use solid subtraction etc. Do you have a picture of the building to give us a hint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemsongrad Posted October 31, 2016 Author Share Posted October 31, 2016 Yes, I should have put this on to begin with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemsongrad Posted November 1, 2016 Author Share Posted November 1, 2016 I'm not asking for a total solution including all the corbels. For this phase I just want a solution for the change in wall thickness. It seems to me that it might work to draw all the walls at the thickness it is at the windows would come first, and then add an additional wall at the areas where it is thicker. Yes No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kMoquin Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 I would draw all the walls at the narrower width and add wall material regions for the thickened parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 I would draw all the walls at the narrower width and add wall material regions for the thickened parts. Like Kevin said, or use polyline solids or even slabs for the brick "columns, pilasters" in between the windows. I find the slabs easier to work with in 3D than material regions. Looks like you are also going to need several molding polylines for some of the details. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyudesign Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Wasn't it cool how 100 years ago they put that much detail into a industrial building like that? Today, it would be just a simple metal building thrown up.......... Looks like fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justmejerry Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 I agree with Kevin. One wall thickness and add material regions maybe some p-solids, If that building were here in my city we would be turning it into industrial/commercial condos or residential condos. I personally would go for residential...especially the storage bins. They would make interesting living space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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