2024 - Fence Tool Improvements

[Laura Stone]

For a perimeter fence like the one you've shown I find the easiest way is to go to sketchup warehouse where someone has modelled all of the Zaun panels, choose the one I want, download, then convert each of the wires into a tiny extruded square (cuts down on drawing time and practically invisible difference).

 

This then becomes a symbol infill for a fence.  

[line-weight]

I've just started using the new fence tool.

 

I have a file full of old "railing/fence" objects.

 

Is there any straightforward way to convert them into "new" fence objects, or is that just asking for trouble?

[Tom W.]

29 minutes ago, line-weight said:

I've just started using the new fence tool.

 

I have a file full of old "railing/fence" objects.

 

Is there any straightforward way to convert them into "new" fence objects, or is that just asking for trouble?

 

I can't see how that would be possible. They are completely different tools. Personally I was very happy to see the back of my Railing/Fence symbols!

[Katarina Ollikainen]

@line-weight, we were discussing forward translations, but the tool is rebuilt from scratch so there was no way to do that economically - we would have spent almost as much time on that as on creating the tool.

Sorry.

[line-weight]

1 minute ago, Katarina Ollikainen said:

@line-weight, we were discussing forward translations, but the tool is rebuilt from scratch so there was no way to do that economically - we would have spent almost as much time on that as on creating the tool.

Sorry.

I was wondering if it might be possible at least to extract the 2d path of the old object, and use that to as the path of the replacement new one.

[Katarina Ollikainen]

I think you'll be better off starting from scratch. Unless there is a simple line you can extract from it that you can use for 'create objects from shape' on.

Let me know if you have any problems.

[Gran Mathias]

On 2/5/2024 at 11:11 PM, Michael Siggers said:

Can you issue a full set of instructions please.

 

Trying to create a Mesh Fence, and the option it states I need to select for a Mesh fence, called 'Soft in the Infill Style under the General Tab, DOES NOT EXIST.

 

Wasted over an hour so far trying to create a Mesh Fence, like the attached.

 

Mike

I have created something very similar, its a product from "Garda"
Safetyfence, this looks very similar and works well for IFC, just make sure to adjust the infill of the mesh to something less dence when working with it.

Garda safetyfence_mwg.vwx