FrancisS Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Hi All, Sorry if the question is a bit basic but here goes: -I am trying to model my in-laws house prior to an extension design in 2010 Architect and this is my first real attempt to use the program after purchasing years ago. -I am having difficulty dealing with the roofs as they come together with many junctions (see images). -I have been following the Johnathon Pickup manual 2nd edition loosely to build up the model. -In the manual he describes a process of drawing a 2d shape, copying that into a roof group that has an oversize eaves and using it subtract the parts of the roof eaves he does not need by simply using the "cut" command. This is not working for me, neither is a solid object subtraction as the object is "illegal". N.B. when i "edit group" the Object Info shows the roof face as Locked. Is there a way to remove the unwanted areas overlapping in my roofs without un-grouping the roof object and losing the parametric data? See images for the shape of the polygon I wish to remove an idea of how much the roofs currently overlap. I did start with one roof and edit all the points & eaves to create a shape, but Vectorworks did not like all the intersections so I am now trying the alternative of creating different roof sections and shaping them to fit together. If I can get this right I can then start worrying about how the walls sit underneath... Thanks in advance if anyone can help, I'll move on to another area of the model for the moment. Regards Francis Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I think you meant to use the Clip Surface command, not Cut... Does that help? Quote Link to comment
Farookey Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) Hi... The shape you place in the 'Roof Group', does not need to cut or clip anything. You merely leave it there, and exit the 'group'. I use it all the time, and it's brilliant! I normally draw it outside of the group in the correct place, and then paste it in place inside of the 'Roof Group'. Try not to cover an entire face of a roof. The only issue is that the bearing line does not disappear in plan view... Let us know if this helps... NO NEED TO DECOMPOSE THE ROOOF Edited March 20, 2012 by Farookey Quote Link to comment
FrancisS Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 Thanks for the reply. No, I tried that too, but the manual actually says "right mouse click on it. Choose Cut" I tried following the Vectorworks Help file which mentions clip surface, but that wouldn't work either. Vectorworks responds "illegal object(s) selected" Cheers Francis Quote Link to comment
FrancisS Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 Hi Farookey, Will try that and report back. My previous comment was to Peter Cipes. Regards, Francis Quote Link to comment
FrancisS Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 Okay, So that works rather well (thanks) to hide the main roof, but leaves the eaves detail soffit boards flying though into the house. (see image) To do this masking in the group, do I need to use a simpler roof with no eaves detail? Cheers Francis Quote Link to comment
Farookey Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Sorry... Yes, roof accessories don't play nice with this method unfortunately... I would usually do these as separate elements if I have to any way. Quote Link to comment
FrancisS Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 no worries. Thanks for the info. I think part of the efficiency of modeling is finding the bits which work well with what you want to do. Thanks. F Quote Link to comment
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