Conical roof - how to
-
As Dave says, it's no so complicated...
To make a cone... make a circle with the required number of segments... Draw a triangle representing the sloping part and use FollowMe on it around the circle's path.
Select all and 'Smooth' at 0 so no edges are invisible.
Erase unwanted bits.
Make a 'spar' [stave?] along one of the sloping edges.
Save it as a component.
Use Rotate+Ctrl to make a circular array of the components around circle so you have a #spar' at each node.
Edit one instance of it so it 'marries' with its siblings [which change as you edit].
If you want a 'wedge' of roof instead/as-well... make that and do the copies around instead/as-well.
Make the 'finial' using a vertically drawn cross-section and FollowMe around the circular path... -
While TIG was typing I made an example using 8 staves.
I used the Polygon tool to make an octagon for the top and bottom dimensions. Then I used Auto-fold to pull the small one up to make the "cone". Next I split out a single stave from the cone by using Offset for the top and bottom and radials from outside corners to inside corners. The rest was deleted. Then I made a component of the stave and used one of them to sort out the angle.
-
Thanks guys, let me kinda digest what you have suggested and see if I can replicate it. I have not used the "auto-fold" tool yet. Where in the tool bag is it?
-
autofold is a feature of the move tool press ctrl on pc cmd on mac to activate.
OOps! it seem to be alt on pc
-
to be seen.
-
Sorry. I didn't know I was introducing you to something new. Thanks to Gilles for the clarification. -
-
Check you PMs. I just sent you one.
-
Figured out how to raise the roof so to speak. Now to break out one of the staves. Thanks again.
Mike
-
Something like this ?
-
I'd like to climb up on this heap o' help to offer something, but I can't or won't and am ill equipped, anyway. You guys are so nice.
Drivel I can do.
-
Like this. And it's all sorted.
-
Why as the first post there is not a hand sketching introduced ?
Text is not sufficient and not speedy as a simple image
-
A picture paints a thousand words...
but
A word paints a thousand pictures...
-
-
@unknownuser said:
Why as the first post there is not a hand sketching introduced ?
Text is not sufficient and not speedy as a simple imageYou're right. A simple image can explain more easily than many words. Still, it's pretty common that first time posters don't post images. The important thing is the OP got the help he needed.
Advertisement