JohnS Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Ok, I've tried every option of the tool and I cannot connect two roof faces. Sometime it tries and connect, but the roof I am connecting to gets reduced in size. I am using the new 2011 and this is a pain, especially after watching the video where it seemed to work so seamlessly. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 With simple roof faces it seems to work okay, however I have also seen some very strange results with more complex connections. The best advice I can offer is to file a bug with a demo file attached. In the bug report be very clear and very specific as to what you would expect the tool to do and how exactly it is lacking. In the meantime there are lots of tricky ways to add and clip roof faces which can be used to get a decent result. Post back if you have a specific roof you need help with. Attaching a file (or image) will help there as well. Quote Link to comment
JohnS Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Peter, Thanks on the advice. I'll go ahead and post the bug. I am also attaching the file with just the roofs that I'd like to connect. I am trying to connect red roof to blue roof, and just can't get it to work. Let me know if any one has any better luck. John Quote Link to comment
Guest Wes Gardner Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 (edited) Here's your roof plan back, try the roof face that I clipped then end off. Apparently, if you zoom way in, on your outboard corners, there's a bit of a chamfered edge...the tool doesn't like that... Edited November 5, 2010 by Wes Gardner Quote Link to comment
JohnS Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 That did the trick - Thanks Wes. Don't know how that chamfer got there. Quote Link to comment
rDesign Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 So in Vw2011 the Connect/Combine Tool works only with Roof Faces, not roofs created with the 'Create Roof' tool - correct? Wes- I tried your Roof Solution file and while in a 3d view I could not connect the Red roof (which you clipped) to the Blue roof. But when I switched to a Top/Plan view it worked correctly. But in a sample Roof Connect file that I recently received at a Vw2011 training session - the Connect tool works fine in a 3d view. Go figure. I agree with the original poster in that the functionality of this Connect Roofs feature is not nearly as simple/effective as shown in the demo video. Using it on anything more than the simplest of roofs will not work with any degree of certainty. Regards, Tim Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Tim I'm either lucky or you are unlucky because I have experimented extensively with the Roof Face connect capability and it has always worked for me. Quote Link to comment
rDesign Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 mike- I'd bet on me being unlucky. Regards, Tim Quote Link to comment
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