wish: edge shells for floor/ceiling and wall tool

[Tobias Kern]

hi,

i think we definitely need edge shells as a ending for the

the edges of a floor/ceiling or wall tool object.

needed options:

- multiple buildable shells (not only one edge shell)

- definable direction of the shells inside or outside the edges of the

floor/ceiling or wall object

- definable heights/widths of the edge shells (whole height/width of the floor/ceiling or wall object, or only to a specific edge of a shell, top, bottom, right or left)

- maybe a own tool for that, so that you can give one floor/ceiling object

different edge shells.

- setting options for edge shells same as the normal shells

this would be a great improvement for vw.

Edited May 11, 2016 by johnnygitarr

[zoomer]

++++1

As there was a discussion where Wes from VW participated about the missing

option of vertical components in Wall Tools, I think there will be some updates

to Wall Tools in VW 2017.

Although I meanwhile tend to Digital Mechanics proposal for Architectural Tools

not working by complex Multi Shapes, but Additions of very primitive Objects.

I'm currently working on a very simple Residential Project, nevertheless VW Wall

Tools are quite primitive and simple compared to other BIM solutions, I find the

Wall Styles quite limiting. The amount of needed Wall Styles increases rapidly.

I think I would be faster to draw all Component separately, but that is currently

not possible because of Connection Problems and Door/Window Cuts.

While you may have at the end 5 Components only, their mixed combinations in

Styles will bring you easily 25 Wall Styles.

Plus the Z Values, which I think should be excluded from WS generally.

You can overwrite these easily in OIP but have to be very concentrated, when editing

or replacing Styles, about keeping or adapting Height Settings.

So I think there should be separate Wall Height Tags beside WS's to organize different

(relative) Heights and apply to Components.

What I wish is that Wall Styles disappear and will be replaced by Component Styles,

where a Component may include a group of Sub Components, if these will be used

in that combination only.

So that means nearly no change to WS's, except that :

1. I can draw my Main Components separately

2. Same Components will weld automatically when touching

3. Doors/Windows will cut through all separate Components automatically by a Cut Depth

Setting

4. Doors/Windows can "read" the overall Wall Depth for their Sizing

5. You can stack Components vertically on the same Layer without getting Connection

Problems