gmm18 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Brent, You should definitely just model each shingle... that way you are sure to get it right. Quote Link to comment
brent kjernisted Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 If I model each shingle how do I apply them to the dormer roof. As well I was wondering how you cut the dormer off right at the main roof so there is a line there that one could create a fillet surface in the valleys with. Quote Link to comment
brent kjernisted Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 I duplicated the main roof and did a solid subtraction to cut the dormer off right at the roof. I chose the dormer and hit okay. Now I need to know how to create the fillet surface. Quote Link to comment
Jeffrey W Ouellette Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Brent, From what I can gather, you are evaluating Vectorworks and NOT an upgrade customer. Also, you are comparing one very particular workflow and item to evaluate the overall value proposition of one software over another. The intricacies of your questions appear to have escaped the "usual" nature of much of our introduction material to new, potential customers. I don't think it is fair to slam NNA for "omitting" your concern from a general product or pre-sales demo. This Community Board is a public, peer-support resource. While it is offered, maintained and moderated by NNA, the intent is to give users an opportunity to share their questions, knowledge, and solutions as a "first line of defense". At times, NNA staff may participate, but the Terms of Service make it clear that this is not a direct tech support or sales avenue. Licensed customers of the software have access to a growing body of training and technical support resources via in-person, phone, email, and/or web. However, you can contact your sales representative to have a pre-sales webinar setup with a sales engineer to cover any questions you might have about using VW in your practice, including demonstration of specific topics. If concerns/questions are posed ahead of time, the sales engineer may be able to tailor the demo to directly address particular workflows. Quote Link to comment
brent kjernisted Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 I.m not getting my shingles to line up because I have a faceted dormer roof. I need to make a non faceted nurbs curve the shape of the top of my dormer and then extrude it along a path. How do I make a non-faceted nurbs curve so my shingles can be adjusted to line up. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Brent - that is shown in the eyebrow dormer tutorial that I posted above and also in the QuickTime movie I sent you. I've just resent it. Quote Link to comment
Jeffrey W Ouellette Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Et al, If anyone has noticed, this thread has been edited to better reflect the issue at hand, the creation of an eyebrow dormer, at the request of the original poster, Mr. Kjernisted. I hope none take offense to your posts being edited/deleted, as none was intended. I only renamed and "pruned" the posts to restore the more informational aspects of the content, while removing subsequent editorial content. I don't intend to make this a general practice. In view of the user's original misunderstanding of the purpose and scope of this forum, I think a great deal has been gratefully contributed, by many of you, to explore an interesting design and modeling problem in Vectorworks. Please keep up the good work! However, as a warning to future transgressions, we will try to head-off the less constructive tangents earlier, even if that means removing a user from the board. I don't want to have to spend this much time "fixing" things again. Please be more careful about your Topic Titles and responses. Thank you. Quote Link to comment
brent kjernisted Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 (edited) Sorry for the problems I caused. Thanks Jeffrey for editing the topic and the posts. Wes Gardner has been in communication with me and has been generous with his advice. Mike M Oz has provided me with a solution to my texturing problem. Thanks to "everyone" who have made suggestions. I won't make the same mistake twice and hopefully I can be helpful to others in the near future. Edited March 16, 2009 by brent kjernisted Quote Link to comment
brent kjernisted Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Here is my eyebrow dormer with the shingles lined up thanks to Mike M oZ. Quote Link to comment
brent kjernisted Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Here is my dormer with a molding around the top of the window. Quote Link to comment
Guest Wes Gardner Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Hi Brent, Good Job! I think either one adequately portrays the design intent. Wes Quote Link to comment
brent kjernisted Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Wes I still have not reverse engineered your file but I won't quit trying. Vectorworks can obviously do what I had intended it to do. Once I have my finances straightened out I hope to purchase vectorworks,interiorcad and cinema 4d. Thanks for your support. If you send me your address I'll have a new copy of finehomebuilding 123 sent directly to you. Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Brent I was wrong when I said the 3D Power Pack pages were no longer available. They are: http://www.nemetschek.net/3DPowerpack/qtexamples.php The information, movies and sample files in that part of the site are very useful resources for learning about free form modelling. Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) here is an eyebrow made with the standard Vectorworks roof. http://web.me.com/jpickup1/Site/archoncad/Entries/2009/5/1_Eyebrow_Dormer_Window.html Edited May 1, 2009 by archoncad Quote Link to comment
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