GeneDavis Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 I need to make the cable railing and the top rail manually for this staircase to get the arrangement I want, and cannot seem to model either the 1/8" dia cables or the top handrail. I do an elevation view, use CAD to draw the line I want (have no idea where in the y axis it might be drawing, then term it a molding line, do the molding selection, and get nothing. Tried the all-off layerset with only moldings turned on and see nothing. What is the trick? This all seems different from previous releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBCooper Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 It looks like a bug to me. In X15, it would put the 3d molding line up against the wall and in X16 it seems to be somewhere else. You should probably report this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 In one quick test, first drawing a cad line then converting to molding resulted in the molding line being located at '0' on the axis drawn. This is different, it used to 'land' on the surface facing the camera. Better workflow is to skip the CAD line step. Just locate your molding in the library to activate the molding tools, then draw the molding. It will land on the surface it is drawn on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted September 3 Author Share Posted September 3 OK Robert @robdyck for someone like me wanting to use a 3D molding to do a cable railing and then the larger but also circular wood handrail at top, tell me how to make a molding from a circle drawn in Chief CAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 @GeneDavis search 'round' in the library. There's plenty of options. Of course, you could just add that circle to the library and name it something convenient. And you could even preset the material! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Just now, robdyck said: @GeneDavis search 'round' in the library. There's plenty of options. Of course, you could just add that circle to the library and name it something convenient. And you could even preset the material! For a cable railing, you could even generate a stacked molding with all your cables preset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBCooper Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 I think Robert missed that you drew a circle. You can't add a circle directly to the library as a molding polyline. You need to either draw 2 half circles (which will make it a polyline) or convert the circle into a polyline using the "convert curve" tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted September 3 Author Share Posted September 3 @robdyckTry adding a CAD circle to the library. I used the CAD tool circle-about-center, drew one, and there is no add-to-library icon. I can fake it with a polygon but it must be something about needing one straight side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted September 3 Author Share Posted September 3 OK thanks all, and I found the molding over at the zero location, but it seems a bug and I'll file a ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 5 minutes ago, GeneDavis said: Try adding a CAD circle to the library Yes, it needs to be a polyline. Even easier to use one that's already there, or just copy to your library and set the size and material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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