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use curtain wall to make pyramid?

Anonymous
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I am considering the method to create a glass pyramid by curtainwall tool. but due the some limitation in curtain wall. i can't do it....


do anyone know how? or an alternative

Thanks
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Anonymous
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i can use slant wall to create pyramid, i believe the curtain wall tool should be able to do so. but i just dunno how
Anonymous
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This is done in 1 minute !
You can do this easily if u read manual !
I will post u tutorial, step by step but cant do right now, later today

Its very easy

I didnt rotate frames like in your pic but it can be done very easaly

Sorry, got to go now !!
PYR.jpg
Mats_Knutsson
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5 mins coffe break play...
The help is good.
Now 150% back to work.
I guess you need to calculate the slant angle before so it all comes together nicely.
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Anonymous
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sorry for overlooking the help file.

I now found some way to do so

design>curtain wall

but i still can't do fast and accurrate

how can you match the frames ?
Anonymous
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angus wrote:
sorry for overlooking the help file.

I now found some way to do so

design>curtain wall

but i still can't do fast and accurrate

how can you match the frames ?

Draw your model in some other 3d modeler (Moi3d, sketchp etc) then from there take dimesions and put it your curtain. . . i hope that u will do it
Anonymous
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this time I draw it by calculating the angle.
Mats_Knutsson
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angus wrote:
this time I draw it by calculating the angle.
Sweet!
Pythagoras theorem rocks!

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Anonymous
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Actually,

it should be

Trigonometric ratios in right triangles

i.e. Sine, cosine and tangent