Alaskan_Son Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Is there any method of converting a moulding to a primitive solid? Seems like it should be an easy thing to do...select a moulding, convert to solid. Am I missing something or is there really no way to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Is there any method of converting a moulding to a primitive solid? Seems like it should be an easy thing to do...select a moulding, convert to solid. Am I missing something or is there really no way to do this? I don't think so, you can convert the molding to a symbol, but a symbol you cannot convert to a primitive solid....... interesting question, why would you want to convert a molding to a solid, it seems that by doing that, you are dumbing down the molding........ but maybe you want to take the molding along with a symbol and convert all into a primitive solid..... I am just musing.... To answer the question, I do not think you can convert a molding into a primative solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Mike, You can place a molding profile, convert it to a polyline solid & set the thickness. Then you can convert that to a solid. Scott was wrong again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Here's a quick example... I created this ladder recently, and while I was able to build it with primitive solids, it would have been much quicker and easier if I were able to use mouldings to create the side rails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Mike, You can place a molding profile, convert it to a polyline solid & set the thickness. Then you can convert that to a solid. Scott was wrong again Ya, I guess I should have clarified. See my last post above. The functionality I'm after would require the ability to create a moulding path not just a straight line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Mike, You can place a molding profile, convert it to a polyline solid & set the thickness. Then you can convert that to a solid. Scott was wrong again I swear, Joe is always busting my chops, notice that Joe talked about a MOLDING PROFILE, he did not talk about a MOLDING, so Joe is moving the line in the sand...... you lost this one Joe. The question was can we convert a molding to a solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Mike, I would in that case have created the side rails using Molding Polylines drawn in a side elevation, then added the rungs (either molding lines or solids) in Plan. Then I would display it in 3D and convert it to an Exterior Fixture Symbol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Ya, that would work. It limits what can be done with boolean operations though which is what I am really after. It would be nice if we were either able to convert a moulding to a solid or a symbol to a solid. Ima gonna post a suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yusuf-333 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 I swear, Joe is always busting my chops, notice that Joe talked about a MOLDING PROFILE, he did not talk about a MOLDING, so Joe is moving the line in the sand...... you lost this one Joe. The question was can we convert a molding to a solid. "View section camera of the molding and make a cad detail of it, then connect the cad detail to be polyline and paste it back in to section view. After that, convert it to p solid with depth you like and make it a solid. It works with 2 or 3 extra clicks only comparrd to your assumed workflow." This what I was typing before I checked the new posts and seen that Joe posted it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 "View section camera of the molding and make a cad detail of it, then connect the cad detail to be polyline and paste it back in to section view. After that, convert it to p solid with depth you like and make it a solid. It works with 2 or 3 extra clicks only comparrd to your assumed workflow." This what I was typing before I checked the new posts and seen that Joe posted it right. That works, but you lose the ability to have a ROUND CROSS SECTION AREA for the molding that is converted to a solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 That works, but you lose the ability to have a ROUND CROSS SECTION AREA for the molding that is converted to a solid. It actually doesn't work for anything except a rectangular cross section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yusuf-333 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 It actually doesn't work for anything except a rectangular cross section.Actually I lost that one. Is it only an x7 feature? or older versions too, if so I missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yusuf-333 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Wait, wait.. I am assuming that Scott was telling me a command that gives the polyline without getting in to the backlip crossection process . Am I right? you know, I some times not understand the tough English. Or else that method doesn't have any limitations for any type of crossection. .....OK I got it, it has that limitation and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Wait, wait.. I am assuming that Scott was telling me a command that gives the polyline without getting in to the backlip crossection process . Am I right? you know, I some times not understand the tough English. Or else that method doesn't have any limitations for any type of crossection. .....OK I got it, it has that limitation and more. No, I was not saying that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yusuf-333 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 No, I was not saying that. Yes sir, I got it. You didn't say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 It may be worth it to learn enough Sketchup skills to be able to do symbols like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 It may be worth it to learn enough Sketchup skills to be able to do symbols like that. We already use Sketchup. I actually prefer Chief though for most things... Plus, natively created Chief symbols usually behave much better than those created in Sketchup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodCole Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 There are other programs that can convert exported surface geometry into solids. You can then import the geometry back into Chief as a symbol. IMO Chief needs better ways to import geometry than what it has now. I would like to have the ability to import symbol geometry into Chief at it's exact coordinates and elevation from the other program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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