Barrel ceiling & more technical ceilings

[Ryan Russell]

All,

 

I'm curious as to whether or not you'd benefit from a Ceiling Component that worked in conjunction with the VW Wall Component tool.

Specifically one that allowed for barrel shape, length, depth, and being a component, would allow for takeoff data & IFC materials. Yes, you can define the area, extrude, and subtract solids, and be left with a decent working barrel ceiling, but it'd be nice to have something that could help account for object conflicts and directly work with the Wall Component.

 

I'm finding that when building a digital twin, this embellishment is an often used item in our toolkit, and it makes it difficult to accurately account for materials when I cannot target the underlying components involved. Also, given that now we're seeing municipalities become more stringent on 'Construction Drawings", providing a richer level of detail would be beneficial!

 

Also, thinking more globally, instead of using the choose 'slab from objects', would it also not be of benefit to have a dedicated (Residential) Ceiling component? One that could allow for a push / pull(?) of the ceiling, etc.?

 

- Ryan

[shorter]

Build the profile and shell.

 

How would VW be able to do this...

 

https://stantonwilliams.com/en/works/the-age-of-chivalry?tag=exhibitions

 

That said, a dedicated ceiling tool at all would be nice.

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Complex ceilings by their nature are....complex.  But, Vectorworks is well capable of producing complex ceilings or for that matter complex anything. 

 

But, these objects are not hybrid and take a little time.  The images below are a triple Barrel cylindrical ceiling of sorts, not sure what you would call it.  If you have a name, I would love to know what that is.

 

It was all constructed with the Solids menu, including the fleur-de-lis pockets.   It wasn't a big problem.