BuildingDesignNZ Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Hi All Quick Query Is there any way to make fencing higher at one end, straight along the top and still follow the terrain. He has come back wanting this in his edit of the elevation. Unfortunately fences are not editable in anything other than total height. Tried turning them in foundation walls and all sorts of other options? I cant seem to get the texture etc on a 3d solids I have done a patch up using small sections but don't want to be the designer that cant even get the top of a fence straight LOL Surely it cant be this hard for something this simple. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPDesign Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Hi, I made a section 6' long with solids and general framing, then turned into a symbol. set the elevation to absolute and copied across the lot. It is buried in the ground but the top is level! fence-top-level.plan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBCooper Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 You can turn off "follow terrain" for the fence or set it to "step terrain" but I don't think either of these are going to give you what you want. What you want is a level top with the bottom following the terrain (or stepping it) and I don't think there is an easy way to do this automatically. Sounds like you should submit a feature request is this is a common way to build fences in your area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwideziner Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 YES I always have do the fences in elevations and sections with cad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAmichael240114 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 It is not always the norm where I am but occasionally used where the section has a slight slope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Depending on what you need, and perhaps okay for elevations, the quick and dirty way , is to turn the ROOM Definition back on in the "Fence" Walls ( assuming you have 3-4 sides to get a room ) and then controlling the Room Floor and Ceiling Heights and the Railing Height as needed. Basically turn everything off in the Room Structure Tab and in the Terrain DBX uncheck Hide Terrain intersected by Building. Depending how much work you are willing to do , if you want the bottom of the Wall to follow the terrain , you can uncheck Railing in the Wall's Gen.Tab and edit the wall shape in elevation as usual, this will mean multicopying Posts every 8' and using solids for a top rail etc as needed though. * I only did the right side posts and Solids in the Pic below after making the wall 3/4" thick as it only represents the panels after this change. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuildingDesignNZ Posted March 8, 2023 Author Share Posted March 8, 2023 Thank you all for you time input on this one and some interesting work arounds. Much appreciated. In the end because of time pressure I used trees to cover the Issue and made sure my 3d shots are taken at an angle that didn't show the top line of the fence. Fortunately there are real trees in place on the adjacent site Sometimes with Chief it is the simplest things that cost the most time Thanks again to all those that took precious time out of their day to have a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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