Wooden Cladding

[mikkomarjamaki]

Hello,

It is very handy to create different kind of wooden claddings with "Wall" tools "Blocks" property but the only problem is that the "Block Lenght" can't be equal or more than the length of the wall. If you put a bigger value the blocks will disappear. If you put a little smaller value there will unwanted extra lines (see the attached image). Could it be possible to allow bigger values than the wall length?

I know this property is more for brick walls but it would be also great for this.

-Mikko

[paullee]

Seems a clever use of the feature!

Maybe @regis should check this.

[vocx]

... If you put a bigger value the blocks will disappear. If you put a little smaller value there will unwanted extra lines (see the attached image). Could it be possible to allow bigger values than the wall length?
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The relevant part of the code in ArchWall.py seems to be this.

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                                for edge in self.basewires[0].Edges:
                                    while offset < (edge.Length-obj.Joint.Value):
                                        #print i," Edge ",edge," : ",edge.Length," - ",offset
                                        if offset:
                                            t = edge.tangentAt(offset)
                                            p = t.cross(n)
                                            p.multiply(1.1*obj.Width.Value)
                                            p1 = edge.valueAt(offset).add(p)
                                            p2 = edge.valueAt(offset).add(p.negative())
                                            sh = Part.LineSegment(p1,p2).toShape()
                                            if obj.Joint.Value:
                                                sh = sh.extrude(t.multiply(obj.Joint.Value))
                                            sh = sh.extrude(n)
                                            if i == 0:
                                                cuts1.append(sh)
                                            else:
                                                cuts2.append(sh)
                                        offset += (obj.BlockLength.Value+obj.Joint.Value)
                                    else:
                                        offset -= (edge.Length-obj.Joint.Value)

It seems that the code calculates an offset with the values of BlockLength and Joint, in order to draw the next brick. Some logic could be added to handle the case when obj.BlockLength.Value >= edge.Length (wall length).

Maybe another option "Wood" could be added to display the wood pattern while ignoring all Block options, as the wood would be exactly the length of the wall.

[regis]

Yes this is one method of creating them, but I am afraid for construction documents it wont be really useful. the method I use which be less expedient, but gives wanted results is to simply use the wall tool, each single wall becomes a clad, it can be refined much better, but I have found this method to be expedient when changes are made and provide better quality results.

[yorik]

Just implemented this in git commit 1555ea829. You can now leave block height or block length to zero, and it displays as vertical or horizontal strips.

[paullee]

Hi, trying to use the block feature to imitate curtain wall by setting it to be transparent (4-side support glass pane)

It seem it gives an simple representation.

Somehow, found when the base wire / sketch is complex, the block with joint set to 0 would result in Invalid Shape. Need to set joint to something like 20 to make it works.

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[bitacovir]

Hi, trying to use the block feature to imitate curtain wall by setting it to be transparent (4-side support glass pane)

Interesting. Could you share the file?

[paullee]

I thought I had ... here it is.

Very simple in fact, just imitation in appearance only.

[paullee]

More problem with this this corner case

Some surface do no have 'Block' created correctly

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[paullee]

Though not really a 'CurtainWall' construct, could appear quite similar without examining in detail with a close up

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