dskogg Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I am looking for a symbol for a sun tube or solar tube, I did search but didnt find anything here, anyone have a symbol for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRST8TRKR Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 There is one in the chief library. Sorry,it is not in the libraries. I have one in my User Library and have no idea where I got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dskogg Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 i tried searching there as well, whats it called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DzinEye Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, dskogg said: i tried searching there as well, whats it called? Solar tube pops up in my library... has for a long time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DzinEye Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Here's what's in the library Solar Tube.calibz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dskogg Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 i did a library update and still not in mine. I was looking for the inside part to attach to the ceiling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DzinEye Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, dskogg said: i did a library update and still not in mine. I was looking for the inside part to attach to the ceiling Here you go... Solar Tube Lens.calibz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LevisL Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, solver said: They are in a Bonus Catalog. Yup. Exterior Roof Attachments, in the skylights folder 4 minutes ago, DzinEye said: Here you go... Solar Tube Lens.calibz You could also just resize a recessed light and adjust the lighting properties. And you could also change the CAD block for the symbol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dskogg Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 which one eric? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DzinEye Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Just now, dskogg said: which one eric? Exterior Roof Attachments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k27rgs Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 thankyou for all the comments & links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 The one in the library doesn't cut a hole though in the ceiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 If you are wanting to show the entire solar tube, you would need to use 3 parts: round roof mounted skylight cylinder for tube ceiling lens Chief doesn't put these things together as a unit. It would be nice if they did but I don't think that's going to happen any time soon. Typically I just show the 1st and 3rd items and provide notes on the roof and floor plans. Sometimes I might include a detail but usually it's not needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwaldrondesigns Posted October 18, 2024 Share Posted October 18, 2024 I found the lens and roof mounted light, but no cylinder for the tube. Where did y'all find the cylinder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted October 19, 2024 Share Posted October 19, 2024 10 hours ago, rwaldrondesigns said: Where did y'all find the cylinder? If you really want to model the cylinder you can use a 3D Solid Cylinder. Create a second cylinder slightly smaller than the original and use Solid Subtraction to remove the second cylinder from the first to leave a tube. If you need to angle the top of the tube to match the roof pitch you can also use Solid Subtraction to cut an angle on one end of the tube. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted October 21, 2024 Share Posted October 21, 2024 Was curious to see how hard it would be to model a flexible version of the solar tube since in the real world you almost never get a straight shot from your roof to the spot on the ceiling where you want the tube to terminate. Used a spline in the shape of the tube and converted it to a Molding Polyline. Applied a round tubular molding profile to the polyline and attached the dome and lens from Chief's Exterior Roof Attachments Bonus Catalog and voila, you have a flexible Solar Tube. Now if you can get the spline in the correct orientation in the attic to make the proper connections on each end, well, that's a horse of a different color. PS. Any similarity to a bent carrot is purely coincidental. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drjoansmith Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Thanks to everyone for the helpful links and how-to information. This does not come up often, but it is nice to be able to model it properly for the walk-throughs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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