Align 3d roofs made with Surfacer

Tom Krowka · ‎2006-02-28

I like to put the problem in the title. Like the title says, how can I align the seams in roofs made with the surfacer. I can align the 2d fill, but cannot align the seams in the roof so they match across the ridge.
Did a search and found solution to the 2D problem, but not 3D.
Hope there is a way to do this, otherwise...xx$$##!!@*&&% and then some.

Tom Krowka Architect
Windows 11, AC Version 26
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Djordje · ‎2006-02-28

Tom wrote:
I like to put the problem in the title. Like the title says, how can I align the seams in roofs made with the surfacer. I can align the 2d fill, but cannot align the seams in the roof so they match across the ridge.
Did a search and found solution to the 2D problem, but not 3D.
Hope there is a way to do this, otherwise...xx$$##!!@*&&% and then some.

If I remmeber the age old tip by Duane, you have to align the origins of the fills.

Djordje

ArchiCAD since 4.55 ... 1995
HP Omen

Karl Ottenstein · ‎2006-02-28

Djordje wrote:
If I remember the age old tip by Duane, you have to align the origins of the fills.

For the 3D roof surface objects, I think Duane's tip was to align the roof pivot lines...?

Karl

One of the forum moderators
AC 27 USA and earlier • macOS Ventura 13.6.6, MacBook Pro M2 Max 12CPU/30GPU cores, 32GB

Anonymous · ‎2006-02-28

Try Edit > Align 3D Texture.

As I recall it worked just fine for me with some standing seam roofs (but it's been a while). I don't know about what effect the pivot lines have.

Tom Krowka · ‎2006-02-28

sliding the roof pivot lines will align the 2D fill, but does not move the standing seam roof. EDIT>3D TEXTURE does not appear to have any effect on the standing seam roof. Not that I could make work.

Any other ideas?

Tom Krowka Architect
Windows 11, AC Version 26
Thomas@wkarchwk.com
www.walshkrowka.com

Karl Ottenstein · ‎2006-02-28

Here is the old thread:
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=42061#42061

It sounds like the conclusion then (aligning left ends of roof pivot lines) was that the 2D could be aligned, but not the 3D.

Seems like a bug.

Karl

One of the forum moderators
AC 27 USA and earlier • macOS Ventura 13.6.6, MacBook Pro M2 Max 12CPU/30GPU cores, 32GB

Tom Krowka · ‎2006-02-28

How do I get this to the attention of Graphisoft? Seems like an ideal time to fix this with version 10 coming out.

Tom Krowka Architect
Windows 11, AC Version 26
Thomas@wkarchwk.com
www.walshkrowka.com

Djordje · ‎2006-03-01

Karl wrote:
Djordje wrote:
If I remember the age old tip by Duane, you have to align the origins of the fills.
For the 3D roof surface objects, I think Duane's tip was to align the roof pivot lines...?

Karl

Yep ... Omega 3 here I come ...

Djordje

ArchiCAD since 4.55 ... 1995
HP Omen

Lingwisyer · ‎2020-10-02

I never bothered with the 3D alignment as I was always working with single pitched roofs and you never read the alignment around corners. Then comes one project with a dual pitched roof... and it would appear that this is one of the many objects that was left behind having not been fixed...

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