ACADuser Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Anyone have anything like this? I need to make a 6' fence & gate plus some large panels to grow vines on. Looks a little like Chain link turned 45 deg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I would think you could likely get away with using the Square Mesh in the Materials Wire and Lattice Bonus Catalog for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 You just beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 1 minute ago, glennw said: You just beat me to it. I think it is for grapes not people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 While this looks OK in a rendered view, it doesn't really work for a vector view as it is only a texture and is not transparent in the vector view. Grapes, people....all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DzinEye Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 10 minutes ago, glennw said: Grapes, people....all the same. Thin skin and juicy on the inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 How did you make the mesh transparent? The one on the left is my psolids creation. Working with solids in Chief is a PITA. The one on the right is the Sq mesh applied to a psolid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 How can you use that on a railing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 Oh I had Vector View on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, ACADuser said: How can you use that on a railing? Use the Panel Setting and apply square mesh as the material ( only see through in STD View ) Most Clients I've had said it was called Hardware Wire in the US and usually 4x4" in size , pretty common at Farm Supply Stores apparently. think i set Chief size to 20x20 here ( don't link to pattern ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Instead of using a material, I think you are better off using a railing panel which will display properly in both render and vector views. This is a panel railing using the Cross-Hatch Ironwork - although you can't easily change the sizing of the mesh. Standard: Vector: Settings: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Probably a better idea indeed, it wouldn't take long using the Polyline Solid Cylinder and multicopy set to 4" to make a new Panel symbol actually. Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted August 21, 2021 Author Share Posted August 21, 2021 Good find Glen. Is there a way to scale that symbol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 As Mick says, probably easier to create your own from cylinder solids, multiple copy and save as a Millwork symbol. It should only take a minute or two. You can then use it in your railing panel. This one just took me less time than to write this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted August 21, 2021 Author Share Posted August 21, 2021 This afternoon I'm messing around with this railing panel. I see that making a 6' high rail I need a 6' high symbol as Chief stretches in the vertical direction. In the horizontal direction Chief overlaps the pattern. But I wanted 1" gap left & tight. My mesh has 1" overlap on the left & right but the railing shifts the pattern. How do I get that side margin? Wire Mesh.calibz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Not sure really do-able auto Alan. would be a bunch of work as you can add a stretch plane to the width outside the panel eg if 42" make it 25", so it won't stretch, but the Panel would need to be the exact width you need between newels so likely not great time wise, and I cant think of anyway to give the auto 1" gap both sides. so you might be back to a 1/4" thick PSolid with the Mesh material in that case. and place and adjust manually each one... You can use two of those panels you made in an Open Railing and overlap them manually to get the 1" gaps..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted August 21, 2021 Author Share Posted August 21, 2021 Thanks Mick. I may give up on the boundary. Here is may progress so far. The panel is still messing with me. But I did build s gate. Wire Mesh 72.calibz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 19 minutes ago, ACADuser said: I may give up on the boundary. Perhaps Show it in a Detail ( build just 1 panel to fit) as an "Option" and let Auto Handle most of it. just add a couple of manual verticals in the centre there after it stretches. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted August 21, 2021 Author Share Posted August 21, 2021 The issue in the picture above is solved by another post or redo the symbol with 1" ends on the grid. That one has 1" ends. With a post the spacing is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, ACADuser said: is solved by another post Oh ok didn't realize the gap was deliberate for a post , looks good to me. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted August 21, 2021 Author Share Posted August 21, 2021 No the gap was Chief, so I added the post to cover it. Probably need a post anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Sold as "cow panel" in Texas, the natives of which have a fine way with words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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