3D Object Intersection

[PitMan71]

I have some columns and beams that were created with individual 3D Solids, Is there a way to have Chief show a line where the objects intersect in elevation view? It looks unnatural now.

 

Thanks

[MPDesign]

can you show an example, just a thought you could gap the solids by a 1/16"

[PitMan71]

Catz Lake House Preliminary 3-6-2025.pdf

Look at the street front elevation of the breezeway to the left of garage.

[PitMan71]

That's a good idea. I will try that. Was hoping for a more technical answer.

[Kbird1]

2 hours ago, MPDesign said:

can you show an example, just a thought you could gap the solids by a 1/16"

 

 

You can also "mis-align" the solids by as little as 1/32 - 1/16 and it should show a line or make the columns 1/16 narrower than the beam (1/32 "off" each side when centered)

 

M.

[Chrisb222]

4 hours ago, PitMan71 said:

Is there a way to have Chief show a line where the objects intersect in elevation view?

 

It looks like you sent the elevations as Plot Lines to Layout. If so, yes you can also add those lines in the Layout view using the Edit Layout Lines tool:

 

 

That tool allows you to edit, delete, and add lines in the layout view. However any edits to plot line views will be lost if you have to update the view. So if using that tool, best to do it when you think you're done updating the view.

[DBCooper]

Edit layout lines is perfectly fine as long as you don't mind having to redo it every single time you make a change to the model that affects the elevation view.

 

You could also just make a copy of the plan material you are using and use this material on the solids where you want the line.  The program won't merge the surfaces if the materials are different.  They don't need to actually look different so just making a copy should do the trick.

 

[PitMan71]

I didn't know there would be so many ways to pull this off. Thanks all to the great insight!

[PitMan71]

5 hours ago, DBCooper said:

The program won't merge the surfaces if the materials are different.  They don't need to actually look different so just making a copy should do the trick.

Im going to give this a shot.

 

Shane

[PitMan71]

6 hours ago, Chrisb222 said:

That tool allows you to edit, delete, and add lines in the layout view

I had no idea about this tool. Thanks for sharing.