Thanks to you both for your input, It is much appreciated. I was about to 'intersect the model' with my forehead!!!
Yes the intention is for the door to be open and the door swing [nested component] is on another layer so i can toggle for plan viewing or model viewing. The reason for wanting the door open is so that when i cut a section at say just below door head height, i can show walls as a thicker line than the door opening....

Two things I will try, creating the component on a Face [Thanks Susan] and away from an edge.....

Actually, just thinking about it, would it be best to make the inserton point the top corner of the door rather than the botom seeing the bottom corner is going to rest on the edge?

Thanks again to you both, you have saved my forehead from bruising....

A

Thanks Crojack, do you think it may be because i have not created a face on the cutline? generally with a window a face is created and made opaque.....

pretty frustrated with this one.....

A

Just the thread I was looking for....I am having the same issue.

See attached files. One is a component of a basic door profile. Tthe other is a model with the component inserted...

You will see that the component has not cut the face.

I spent some time last night having a look through SU for dummies, Help section and Bonnie's SU5 book and it seems self-explainatory...

A few questions as to why i am having problems:
have i set the cutting plane correctly in the component?
Have i set the orienent face corectly?I have even opened up a standard SU door and it appears that the door is created in the horizontal. does the door have to lay flat and check orienent face when making the component?

Totally confused with what should be a simple outcome.
Cheers,
Andrew

C-door900L.skp

component test....skp

Nice swfsta, you got balls!!

The word "lurker" has a slightly negative connotation; hence some possible negative feeling from "single digit" people...

But then again, i was a 'single digiter' myself when i started, infact; everbody was!!!

be back later,
Andrew
Veteran Lurker...

Ditto all the above, Todd.

Cheers mate!!
Andrew

Thanks TIG, i am not supprised your head hurt from the maths!!! I am no Ruby guru but i assume it could be confusing.....

How you explained it is pretty much as simple as it gets!!

Cheers,

Andrew

Cheers Digby, I guess you could do that. Sure, a little extra work in re-creating soffits but it is certainly quicker that modelling from start.

I wouldn't think it is out of the question though, I think it would add quite a scope of tasks to the script....

Maybe also a gutter!!!

As for the vegemite-coated Roos; more of the beer-battered kind over here.....

Andrew

Hi TIG and all......i have a request.

it appears that the ruby creates the roof form from overhang and height of fascia....

in my part of the world, roofs generally have raking soffits; where the "pitching point is the outside of wall / underside of truss junction.... in the case of flat soffits, the soffit line is obviously lower than the pitching point.

I assume your roof.rb would have to be pulled apart considerably to cater for this but is this possible? i have attached an image of two roof profiles to explain the difference.

I hope you understand what i mean.

Thanks in advance.

Andrew

Hi guys, nice explaination Gaieus, that i all important info for what i do....

See you around the corridors....

Andrew

Nice Solo, reall nice.....

Seeing this has jigged my memory; I wonder if you know of a style to replicate Sepia. Would like produce such images for a project coming up....

Andrew

thanks for the zips, Paul. is there any reason why they take so long to extract? they seem only small files.....

Andrew