cv2702 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 I know many of you experts here often mention Polylines to solve those awkward situations. I'm not yet at that level, so I offer a relatively simple solution for sloped shower floors: use soffites, as counterintuitive as it may seem! I've searched videos, knowledge base and posts to find a simple solution for sloping shower floors. Soffites can be sloped. Be advised that soffites apparently cannot be set to any material; I had to paint from an adjoining wall to get both the pattern and the texture of the tiles I wanted. Adjust the floor height of the 'shower' room to accommodate the slope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 I agree with Eric, soffits are harder to work with and edit than poly-line solids. They are too versatile to remain ignorant of them and their creation. They are not hard to create and have an infinity of uses. Look up Poly-Line Solids in your Reference Manual and then make some for yourself. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 I think roof planes is the best solution especially if the floor slopes on 4 sides to the center, (inverted hip roof). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 -Soffits -Polyline solids -Roof planes All valid options, but you can also use: -Moldings -Ramps -Even a terrain converted to a symbol... If you really want flexibility and accuracy though, I would strongly recommend you get familiar with using SOLIDS and boolean operations (solid intersection, solid union, and solid subtraction). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cv2702 Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 40 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said: -Soffits -Polyline solids -Roof planes All valid options, but you can also use: -Moldings -Ramps -Even a terrain converted to a symbol... If you really want flexibility and accuracy though, I would strongly recommend you get familiar with using SOLIDS and boolean operations (solid intersection, solid union, and solid subtraction). I agree all these solutions work, except that using a roof plane is not very intuitive when the goal is a sloped floor, nor is a molding, and a terrain converted to a symbol? I admire you warriors that get the job done, one way or another. But why not simply have parameters in the room specification/structure that deal with slopes? I guess the answer is that it would only be relevant for shower floors, but still wishing... P.S. I know I have to dig into polylines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Yusuf has an interesting method that would work well for that and chimney caps using faces. I will look for the video when I have a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLDrafting Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 I would strongly recommend you get familiar with using SOLIDS and boolean operations (solid intersection, solid union, and solid subtraction). Just made a sloped pan with solids. Works well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Here is Yusuf's video using 3D Molding Polylines and Faces for a Wireframe Modeling Technique. This is essentially how everything in chief is built anyway so this is an absolute core function that has tremendous flexibility and potential. This can be done accurately and quickly once you get the hang of it. Many thanks to : @yusuf-333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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