@unknownuser said:
Have you tried the "follow-me" tool to "extrudeAlongPath" a face around corners while at the same time creating the miter action of which you speak?
Yes, all the time. And in the case of "crown moulding" type models, yea it works fine. However,
the so called "miter action" I speak of, especially using "crown moulding" as an example was a massive oversimplification on my part, as what I REALLY am refering to is different models "intersecting" at angles. Heres why. I design Recording Studios, which because of the physics of sound(reflections) require physical boundarys and many objects to be built at many different angles.
And because WAVELENGTHS don't care if you are working in the digital rhelm, for construction to be accurate, so must the construction documents. This means "i" must "build" these in the digital world as if they were real. Many objects intersect angled walls, ceilings, fixtures, acoustical treatment and equipment. Even multiple layers of drywall, intersects at many different angles, and may be offset from the framing via RSIC clips or Resiliant Channel. TRY to extrude 2 layers of drywall on sloped walls, intersecting compound angled walls, with door cutouts etc, in a construction format. Sure, its easy to extrude a profile, but try to make a cutting bill from it.
Try "follow me" on something like this
@unknownuser said:
When modeling the real world actions of a carpenter, you can't just translate that 1:1 into 3D digital world.
Maybe in your 3d world
In reality, I DO traslate construction to the digital world. I have to. Its my job. AND I and others build from it because I do. Thats why a "chop saw" like digital tool would be a great time saver. And NOT for "crown moulding".
@unknownuser said:
Here in digital 3D, we don't go to home depot online and buy crown molding in 16' lengths and then try to accurately fit them to walls by cutting with a Compound Miter Saw.
Geeez, you mean to tell me all that digital lumber I've been buying at the Digital Home Depot is a waste of time? How dumb of me.
I don't want to sound ungratefull, but I'll file that under "blindingly obvious" But thanks for the heads up anyway.
@unknownuser said:
No, we create the profile once, then extrude(Push-Pull) OR extrudeAlongPath(Follow-Me) the profile and let the "accurate fitting" work itself out.
Hmmm, brilliant. Speaking of "Crown Moulding" profiles, imagine a SUPERSIZE profile, only instead of a solid, imagine a profile which is actually a fabric covered frame, which encloses panels of Owens Corning 703 rigid fiberglass. And then imagine you have to design this so it can actually be built. And then imagine this so called "crown moulding", intersecting angled walls, cielings, compound angled soffits, and wraps around a room intersecting other fixtures etc.
Actually, I see "3d" representations of real world items that have been "extruded" in the Warehouse all the time. But when I download them...HA! either they"re scale a zillion times too big, or when zoomed, they're a joke, or any number of things. However, thats not to say there aren't a million good models in the Warehouse. I use them all the time.
@unknownuser said:
Use extrusion when ever possible, only use intersection as a last resort!
Well, what can I say. It HAS been my last resort.
@unknownuser said:
Never try to relate 3D modeling to the real world. In the real world you are a slave,
On the contrary. I HAVE to relate it to the real world because peole BUILD from my models, which I interprete in 2d plans, cutting bills and when need be, I build it MYSELF, which I couldn't do if I didn't draw them as if they WERE REALITY.
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An extrusion of this console profile wouldn't tell a builder anything.
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@unknownuser said:
in SketchUp you are an all powerful GOD!
Well, some people may get overinflated egos from using sketchup, but a POWERFUL DIGITAL GOD? I think you need to sit down. I have some bad news for ya.