DC - Fence issues
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Hi guys.
I started playing with DC's during beta but never really followed through with it so I'm a little rusty.
Attached is a simple picket fence. I want to scale it in only one direction so I've set it up as per the user guide tutorial [expect in metric.]
A few questions:-
Why is it when I scale, it doesn't scale the component right the my selection point? For some reason it scales it about 2/3 of the way along the scale ration....
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I want to add a fence post at 2700mm increments maximum, any ideas on how to do so? I assume I +COPY* somehow but not sure how to leave a gap in the palings for the post....
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Also, If the length of run does not divide exactly into 2700 [an no doubt it won't], how is it set up to do so?
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Andrew,
I got it scale correctly by setting the LenX of the top and bottom rails to the length of their parent minus the length of the Post; so..
LenX for the top & bottom rails:
=Fence1800DC!LenX-FencePost!LenXI don't have any good explanation of why it needs to be done this way. To me it seems like it should work without explicitly setting the rail LenX's.
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thanks a lot Jim, that makes sense and seems to work.....
How about copying a post into the fence at say 2700 maximum centres?
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I found this example by Google that might be worth a look:
It's more complicated than it needs to be because there are 4 styles of fence in the Component, but the idea is the same as yours.
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Thanks heaps Jim, I will be sure to have a look tonight.
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