Petri Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 "Vertical mitres with no overhang are not recommended", says the program (Create Roof command) and refuses to create a roof to my liking. Well, maybe they are not recommended for McMansions or whatever NNA's point of reference is, but if I want one, I expect to be able to create one. In my work, I'm the expert and don't need any NNA-empolyees to teach me any lessons. In this particular test case I have a historic building with a hip roof surrounded by parapets. I don't need to model it exactly, with box gutters and roof details, just to look OK in aerial views. Obviously, I need another CAD program... Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Obviously, you won't need a new experience the limitations of a new CAD program ... just set the Overhang to some integer greater than zero .... try 0.00000000000001 ; ) Annoying ... but inconsequential ... and this trick works for most every Tool including the Revolve with Rail ... it's just another one of those programming boolean 'checks&balance' situations ( mitre function requires existence of a positive overhang value =TRUE ) . Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted November 8, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 8, 2006 Petri, I agree with you on this (not that you need another CAD program but that this alert box and refusal shouldn't happen). I'll submit it as a bug... Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted November 8, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 8, 2006 Petri, your bug has been assigned in our bug database. It is number B055335. Quote Link to comment
Petri Posted November 8, 2006 Author Share Posted November 8, 2006 What? Robert and I agree on something! These are the days of miracle and wonder... While you are at it, see if negative values could be accepted, too. Perhaps a rare situation, but not unheard of. Oh, islandmon: it IS consequential for hidden line renderings if one wants the line to be seen. (The way eg. Mrs Petri wants to work is to do hidden line drawings that she renders & colours by hand, often with water colours. About 100 times nicer images than I can do with VW & Artlantis...) Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted November 8, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 8, 2006 Petri, Hell has frozen over . I have already noted in the bug that negative values could be useful. Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.