Rod & Shelf

[pjames]

So I'm trying to figure out how to setup custom Rod and Shelfs in chief. The stock symbol cannot be used on angled walls and neither can the stock shelf symbol. So usually when I am modeling a home with an angled shelf I just use a 3D solid and set it to my desired height and depth etc. Here is an example of what I mean by angled shelf - 

 

My goal is to setup an item like this that I can include in Mat lists. I would like to calculate the lineal ft of the shelfs throughout an entire model - as well as a separate measurement for the rod lineal footage. Does anyone have an idea of how I would go about doing this?

[glennw]

You can use a 3D Molding Polyline with 2 moldings applied - one rectangular for the shelf and one round for the rail.

The shelf and the rail will be accounted for separately in the material List.

Although you can make them report as one item if you Make Stack.

You can achieve an angled end (not sure about the dog leg though) by adding an extra piece of molding line, marking it No Molding On Selected Edge and then dragging the end around.

Save it to the library.

 

 

[pjames]

Thanks Glen super helpful I'll give it a try!