Any suggestions on creating an adjustable metal grate family. I successfully made one using arrayed extrusions, but it is too memory intensive. Something like curtain grids or profiles...
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What kind of grate are we talking about? Honeycomb or something else?Developer at Anguleris BIMsmith Marketplace.
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Metal bar grate as shown.Attached FilesComment
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What is the grate being used for?Julie Kidder
Architect + BIM Director
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Personally I don't model grates unless it's specifically shown in a rendering view. For documentation purposes I just do a transparent floor with a surface model pattern to show the grate and then vertical lines for the cut pattern.Comment
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out of curiosity, what would you apply the model pattern or material to? It would have to be something transparent so one could see through the grating. Sorry if this is a stupid question, I don't work with model patterns or materials applied to faces at all but I can see possibilities for this process in some of the things that I doOriginally posted by Twiceroadsfool View PostI'm retired, if you don't like it, go around!Comment
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Dave, generally the grate would be modeled as just a simple box extrusion within a frame. The box, functioning as the grate pattern, would have a crosshatch line model pattern applied to it with the dimensions of the grate design. The material would be transparent in shaded view, but use a material cutout for rendering purposes so one could 'see through it'. Think chainlink fencing or mesh screening.Last edited by Andrew K; December 29, 2016, 07:55 PM.Developer at Anguleris BIMsmith Marketplace.
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Thanks Andrew. What is "material cutout"? While I do no rendering at all I need this grate to look correct in 3D views. This is what I get using a GM box with a cross hatch model pattern applied to the face (on the right). The grate on the left is a curtain system with 1/2" x 1" bars set with Max Spacing in both directions. That's the look that I need to end up with.Originally posted by Andrew K View PostI'm retired, if you don't like it, go around!Comment
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The project I'm working on has had different users create curtain walls around the building and I have noticed a difference in modelling methods and was...August 7, 2015, 08:15 PM
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I'm looking for a way to model corrugated metal paneling intelligently... or rather, parametricaly.
I know many may say I shouldn't model...February 20, 2012, 02:10 AM -
I've basically settle on two approaches, and am looking for input.
1. draw all custom grids manually (more control, harder to change)
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We (that is me, plus two others) are busy with a renovation project for our graduation. To give you an idea, it's an old industrial site, where a few...March 31, 2016, 10:07 PM
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Metal facade cladding made by metal profile gratings , like this ones on Libeskind's Dresden Museum
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