LiinaL Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Hello! I am quite a beginner in Vectorworks and don't quite know how to do this. I really need to do a curved edged rectangle which is approcimately 10 mm thick - empty inside. All the corners are rounded.. mind that right hand corner. Basically it would be rounded in all corners and then a wire mesh texture added. It is a shell for a shelving unit. What would you guys suggest? Thank you!! Here is the image of side view! http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nxr39S-BRN0/VFe0OFkfUCI/AAAAAAAAAPA/mJGPogpsmLw/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-11-03%2Bat%2B5.56.46%2BPM.png Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted November 3, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 3, 2014 Rounded Rectangle tool to create the profile shape, then extrude it, this will give you the solid figure with rounded corners. then, the Shell Solid tool, click on the face of the shelf you want to be the "open" face, and then set the shell thickness to 10mm. It should hollow out the extrude the way you're looking for. Quote Link to comment
LiinaL Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 Well, I would like to have all the extruded corners round not that if I extrude my top end is still flat 90 degrees. All the corners of the extruded rectangle to be round, no 90 degree angles. I have to create something like in this shop: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/fashion/with-south-soho-is-soho-cool-again.html?pagewanted=all Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted November 3, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 3, 2014 In that case, creating a normal rectangle, then extruding to get a box will get you the overall dimensions. Then, you can use the Fillet Edge tool in the 3D Tools toolset and select all the pertinent edges, giving them a fillet all at once and not leaving a flat side. Quote Link to comment
LiinaL Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 Thank you so much!! Did not know about this tool!! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted November 3, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 3, 2014 If you have the time, take a look at the revamped Fundamentals Getting Started Guide, we removed the older simpler laptop example and went with a skate park, mainly to show off some of the raw 3D geometry editing features and we tried to cover a lot of the more obscure tools: http://www.vectorworks.net/getting-started-guides/fundamentals Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Good work on the Skatepark guide! -B Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted November 7, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 7, 2014 I'll pass along the compliment, Alicia Timmons from the Technical Support team made it effectively from scratch. Quote Link to comment
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