BenReece 0 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Anybody have a good tutorial to make angled porch columns as shown in this drawing on the far left? Thanks in advance. Link to post Share on other sites
solver 1693 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 What do you not know how to do? Link to post Share on other sites
DavidJPotter 327 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Such can be emulated by using a sloped soffit or a polyline solid. Do you know what either of those are in the software? DJP 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BenReece 0 Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 On 1/13/2021 at 8:36 PM, solver said: What do you not know how to do? Don't know how to make the soffit lean out. I have watched the videos on sloping soffits and placing them under a roof but I don't know how to manipulate that to make it actually a "lean to" porch column. Link to post Share on other sites
solver 1693 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I'd never use soffits for this, but they would work, I think. Take an elevation, draw the column with a Polyline Solid. Link to post Share on other sites
DavidJPotter 327 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/5521/sloped-soffits.html Sloped soffits video. Place a soffit, open the dialog, check sloped soffit and then by changing the two input box values until you obtain the angle of slope you wish. Polyline solid custom objects is even easier, in a cross section camera draw the object in profile you wish using the closed polyline tool and when you get the shape you wish, convert that shape to a fully 3D object. You have to try, you have to look and you have to trial and error try in order to learn. DJP Link to post Share on other sites
Dermot 644 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Sloped soffits work well for something like a false beam sitting against a sloped ceiling. For your situation, I would probably use a polyline solid drawn in an elevation view. You could also take a symbol and rotate it if your post was a more complex shape. Link to post Share on other sites
BenReece 0 Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 Polyline solids for the win! Thank you all. Link to post Share on other sites
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