2005-02-02 11:04 PM
2005-02-03 01:49 AM
2005-02-03 01:59 AM
2005-02-03 02:36 AM
2005-02-03 04:34 AM
Dwight wrote:Yeah.........TUBE command is LIMITED.
Of course, more-or-less.
the challenge is in solving the code limitation of turning corners, say, for what I think will be a typical assignment for the profiler tool : gable end fascia.
I might add that the CADImage product will radius itself at corners to modulate the distortion - appropriate for handrails....
The attached image looks downward at gable fascia boards and shows three ways of making a profiled gable end:
-- on the left a continuous fascia turing into a gable - in reconciling the turn, the section distorts. trust me, it does..
-- in the middle, a simple three node profile - the profile ends perpendicular to the tilt angle - won't meet up with the eave board.
-- the final solution resolves the issue by providing some run-on for the TUBE command so that the gable end might meet up with the edge board. I made the terminator the size of the edge board, but it could be very tiny. Just a way to trim the end of the board to the vertical.
This is why the profiler function is limted - not that there aren't the dreaded workarounds...
Are you guys with me on this? Am I making sense?
2005-02-03 04:46 AM
2005-02-03 05:41 AM
2005-02-03 08:52 AM
Dwight wrote:I also agree that the profiler is not a serious tool for this kind of extrusion work, but isn't this roof eave distortion issue a real world problem?
However, the command used to create these level-changing profiles is a poor one that distorts the section of the profile attempting to adapt to extreme direction changes, so it is inappropriate for accurate work.
...For instance, trying to make a fascia board profile travel around a gable roof of some significant slope will result in a distorted board. .
2005-02-03 09:09 AM
2006-04-05 06:25 PM
Mike wrote:
I would like to see (for lack of a better name) a profiler path tool. .