jessde Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 X7 little experience I' m trying to build a shed roof overhanging a curved wall below and following the curvature..The curvature being wall to adjacent wall rather than plate to plate . I hope that is a clear description. I tried using break lines but could not really get a nice curve after spending way to much time. My next thought was to make a polyline solid to attach to the roof plane which worked fine in plan view but can't find a way to have it follow the pitch in an elevation. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_Emery Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 This is one of those situations where it helps to post a plan or picture. Do the attached screenshots show what your trying to to? One method is very easy, it involves polyline subtraction; but there is an extra step that not intuitively obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessde Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 Yes exactly. I tried to send a view but it wouldn't post. Something else for me to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_Emery Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Ok, so here's how to do it. Draw a polyline box overlapping the roof plane; use the line to curve tool to create a curve. adjust the curve to follow the arc of your wall. Then use the "convert arc to polyline" tool, specifying the number of segments you want ( I chose 15 to give a fairly smooth look). Then use the polyline subtraction tool to create the arc in the roof plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessde Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 I'll try that out tomorrow. Thanks for taking the time to help out Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Yes exactly. I tried to send a view but it wouldn't post. Something else for me to learn. you probably didn't hit the ATTACH button after choosing the pic to upload but here is a post of mine about how to attach pics and plans https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/221-how-to-take-pics-of-your-plan-to-post-here/?hl=pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessde Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 Thanks Mick! I won't be able to try this until tuesday but will look forward to trying out the roof tips. Thanks much for your help. I'll let you know how it works and attach a pic.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessde Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Hey thanks Bill that was painless ! Worked well thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_Emery Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Hi Jessde, I'm glad that worked out fairly easily. One would initially think that your question was a simple one. But, the solution to curving the roof plane is nowhere in the documentation for the software, or in any of the video tutorials. I figured out how to do this several years ago and posted it to the old forum. And if you were able to query the old forum, you would have found the answer. Sadly that resource is no longer available. Hang in there, the first few months are the hardest. I remember the first time that I asked for help on the forum. I was having difficulty making things work through the usual means, so I asked for help. The answer I got was to make a symbol to get the job done. I had no idea what a symbol was, let alone how to make one. Somehow I muddled through, but didn't ask another question for a long time. Keep trying, and keep asking questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessde Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Ok i'll try to send pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessde Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Ill try again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessde Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 OK ! Got it. Thanks Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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