BenReece Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Anybody have a good tutorial to make angled porch columns as shown in this drawing on the far left? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenReece Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermot Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenReece Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 Polyline solids for the win! Thank you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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