Wall Connect

[Landartma]

I repeatedly have a problem connecting walls via Wall Connect Tool.  Here I have a series of walls combo of straight and curved.  They were created with create objects from shapes from a poly line.  I combine connected before I did create objects.  I try to join the straight walls with the first curved walls and get the error that the walls do not completely connect or nothing just no connection.  If I skip the first curve and go to the second and hit join VW creates a wall with a 90 tangent.  I created a wall with a core component.  The straight walls work fine.  Do curved walls not connect?  Am I over thinking this?  Do I just go with it?  

[zoomer]

For me that does not work.

But In any (destructive modeling) CAD that I use.

 

I think it was mentioned before already,

but it only works by drawing a 2D curve/Polyline and convert

2d Elements to "Walls".

In case you have changes, you have to go back to 2D first.

 

In FreeCAD, which works more parametric like a mechanical CAD,

all your Walls will originate from any Polyline. You can edit that 2D

source at any time later. Nice in such a case but destructive modeling

has its Pros though. And I like it.

Edited March 3, 2021 by zoomer

[Landartma]

Yea I've been drawing from poly then convert to walls.  I've done it in any way I can think of.  The problem is that when you go to do the site modifier it says walls are not connected.  I've also zoomed in on the place where the connection is broken but can't get the vertices to show up to reconnect so I'm guessing that functionality is not there.    Its particular to curved walls getting segmented when converting from poly lines into walls then they get disconnected.  Like I said in a previous post there is very little out there on the subject.  I'm missing something here or is there a glitch in the VW universe.

[Tom W.]

@Landartma for the type of wall you've shown this time, drawing them rectilinearly initially then using Fillet tool to add the curves is another method you could use

 

 

 

 

Edited March 3, 2021 by Tom W.

[Tom W.]

Hmm but not great results when apply retaining wall site modifier...

[zoomer]

I think,

If you started already with 2D paths, and at best, your Walls are ok,

but it is not compatible with Site Modifiers,

it is at least worth mentioning to VW Support

(Although I can imagine why it is not compatible)

but I think it is at least to recognize as a "Feature Request"

for the Modifier System.

 

Because I think that is a valid design and usage of retaining Walls.

 

 

But today I have seen another Example of just Walls, in the german forum.

Not even rounded Walls, just straight Wall segments along a polygonal curve,

that where connected in such an ugly way because of the small angle

between them.

And I also remember my own attempts with a wall's chain at different elevations,

that included a few rounded segments. And how to bring them together.