InchSw3 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 I have created custom windows using a combination of solids but now I am needing to 'curve' the windows around the top of a wall. I am not sure whether creating the custom windows this way was the best way forward, but I was struggling to achieve the look I required using the 3D windows settings. also attaching the model itself. Any help would be greatly appreciated. p.s Relatively new to VW! 2024-03_D5 Model.vwx Quote Link to comment
VIRTUALENVIRONS Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 I opened your model, but the part you are concerned about was not there. Repost please. Although looking at your model, it does appear that it is not curved, but segmented, as in the walls are straight, but angled. Is that a correct statement? Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 If each of the arched sections is going to be flat, then you can probably use the window tool to make four single windows, angle then as appropriate and make a symbol from them. If you want the glass to be curved you will need to model the window directly. The window tool does not offer a curved option for windows like this. Your could model the "windows" as a symbol and then use that as a custom in a different Window object. If you convert the window you have generated to a Group, you might be able to use the Deform tool to bend it to what you need. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tom W. Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 7 hours ago, InchSw3 said: I have created custom windows using a combination of solids but now I am needing to 'curve' the windows around the top of a wall. Try using the Deform tool in Bend Solid Mode. You will need to Ungroup your 3D solids + use Add Solids to make a single object from them. Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 How you model it should reflect how you will build it. Most "curved" windows in simpler buildings are smaller rectangular units mulled together. Are you actually having a custom curved window formed whose frame will actually be curved? If so, @Tom W. 's suggestion of Deform/bend will work. If not, model it how it will be constructed by taking your individual rectangular units and rotating them in plan view to fit the "curve". Mirror will be your friend here. Oh, and you file did not contain the problem window or wall. Quote Link to comment
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