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**GMcDowellJr** · May 17, 2018, 10:23 PM

Mass it up and apply walls by face.... how you create the mass, well, that's a different story.

**DavidLarson** · May 17, 2018, 10:45 PM

Keep talking, I'm listening. Multi faceted mass is something I think we can manage

**Dave Jones** · May 17, 2018, 10:48 PM

that makes my head hurt! :hide:

**kamranmirza** · May 17, 2018, 10:58 PM

Making THAT mass looks like a job for FormIt.

**Twiceroadsfool** · May 17, 2018, 11:42 PM

A series of blends, where the top and bottom sketches have different numbers of edges, create a shape very similar to that. Then you simply grab some of the points and adjust them in the Z direction.

But, before i would know how or what to use to start creating those blends, i would want to talk to the designer about how they came up with where each of the vertices are. If their answer is something goofy like *its random or i nudged them* it makes the job really freaking easy. If they are in a series of very specific locations, understanding the logic of the arrangement first, is paramount to picking a direction for modeling logistics.

**GMcDowellJr** · May 18, 2018, 01:08 AM

^^^^^ What he said!

**DavidLarson** · May 18, 2018, 02:15 PM

Originally posted by Twiceroadsfool View Post

A series of blends, where the top and bottom sketches have different numbers of edges, create a shape very similar to that. Then you simply grab some of the points and adjust them in the Z direction.

But, before i would know how or what to use to start creating those blends, i would want to talk to the designer about how they came up with where each of the vertices are. If their answer is something goofy like *its random or i nudged them* it makes the job really freaking easy. If they are in a series of very specific locations, understanding the logic of the arrangement first, is paramount to picking a direction for modeling logistics.

We have no idea exactly what is going to be used, how it's going to be built, etc. The client gave us a sketch and a picture and said "I WANT THAT!" Since they don't seem to have an upper limit on what they're willing to spend we'll find a way to keep them happy.

**JeffH** · May 18, 2018, 03:25 PM

Here is my stab at something like this. I created it with a 4 point adaptive family with a "line down the center for a "fold" edge. Then laid out the adaptive family on a set of splines with points moved about slightly to give me the positions of the 4 points for the adaptive family.

**DavidLarson** · May 18, 2018, 03:44 PM

I get the feeling this will turn me into Mr. Gumby from the old Monty Python skits.

We're going to take a stab at using a mass to get the basic concept across.

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