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    • K Offline
      kevin_s2f
      last edited by

      This is probably a stupid newbie question about the behavior of entities glued together. For example, I want to place a beam (component) on top of two posts (components). If I edit the post components to change their height from 9' to 12 ', I want the beams to remain connected to the top of the posts. By extension, if I have rafters/sheathing/shingles on top of the beams I want the entire roof to lift 3' when I edit the post component. I can't seem to get this basic glueing to work. What am I missing?

      Any help appreciated.

      Cheers,

      --Kevin

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        prismcnd
        last edited by

        May need to be fabricated as a dynamic component

        “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” -W.Clement Stone (American best selling Author and Founder of Combined Insurance Co (now a part of Aon Corp.), 1902-2002)

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          kevin_s2f
          last edited by

          Thanks, I was afraid of that. There isn't some technique where I can move and edge and have geometries glued to that edge move?

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            prismcnd
            last edited by

            Select the entity and then use the move command

            “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” -W.Clement Stone (American best selling Author and Founder of Combined Insurance Co (now a part of Aon Corp.), 1902-2002)

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              remus
              last edited by

              ...but that'll only work if the 2 bits of geometry are in the same context, so geometry inside a component wont effect geometry outside the component. As mentioned before it sounds like a job for DC, if you need to do this a lot, otherwise just do it by hand.

              http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                prismcnd
                last edited by

                thank you Remus for wording what i have failed to; i felt my answer was inadaquate

                “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” -W.Clement Stone (American best selling Author and Founder of Combined Insurance Co (now a part of Aon Corp.), 1902-2002)

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                  kevin_s2f
                  last edited by

                  Thank you for the help. Manual adjustments seem the best alternative for what I need -- I just wanted to confirm there wasn't a simple trick in SU that I didn't understand.

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