3D Molding for Road Curbs

[RBSdrafter]

Hello all,

 

I recently started a thread about problems with my curb cutting for driveways. @Michael_Gia gave me the idea of using 3D molding to make the curb so that it behaves predictably and I am able to edit it as needed unlike the automatic curb. 

 

After messing with molding polylines and settings I am stumped again. I was able to create the curb for all of the untouched portions of road, but I can't seem to figure out how to show the transition between the normal curb to the driveway, similar to the look for the automatic curb cutting.

So far, all I can get is like the picture above, where the curb abruptly ends. I tried putting a 1/16th high strip of molding (the white bar in the picture) in between to show some sort of transition but no dice. I've attached the small plan I made to work with this problem.Driveway Curb.plan

[Michael_Gia]

uncheck curbs for the road.  only use the molding for the entire curb.  add breaks where you want the molding/curb to graduate down to street level.  

 

In a cross section, shape the molding as desired to create the lowered curb etc...

 

Not sure if I explained myself correctly.  there's a video of this floating around, probably from René or Alaskan son or someone else.

 

 

[RBSdrafter]

41 minutes ago, Michael_Gia said:

uncheck curbs for the road...

Thank you again! I'll be checking out that video if I can find it.

[Opondo]

use line work to trace along the side you want  then convert it to road curb

[Michael_Gia]

@RBSdrafterHere is one video where René is using a moulding to generate a sidewalk.

 

This is a little more involved than what you are looking for but the procedure is the same for a simple curb.