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#1 Dennis Hilborn

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Posted 18 July 2019 - 10:16 AM

I need a "bracket" to hang a flat cantilevered roof.  I can draw the bracket but I can't figure out how to rotate it in 3d so that it works on the model.

 

It's just a rod and it needs to be inclined about 15-20 degs.



#2 Keith Almond

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Posted 18 July 2019 - 10:25 AM

You can either rotate it in the symbol wizard, or as a quick and dirty fix, add a small site polygon, tilt to suit and then slope with reference.Then don't extract polygon in model.


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Posted 18 July 2019 - 02:53 PM

Another complaint I've had since 2012.

Almost every 3D program out there can rotate in 3D space.


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Posted 18 July 2019 - 05:59 PM

Dennis,

 

Solids can be set to slope with reference. Add a small wedge under a cylinder and it will follow the slope of the wedge.

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Posted 18 July 2019 - 07:07 PM

What happens if you delete the wedge?


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Posted 18 July 2019 - 07:27 PM

The solid returns to vertical.



#7 Keith Almond

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Posted 18 July 2019 - 08:15 PM

We really do need some way of doing at least minor rotation in the "Z" axis!


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Posted 20 July 2019 - 05:01 PM

I Agree.
We need to be able to create complex shapes in end section then rotate them for the plan and 3d model.
I created A Quickbuild aluminium section only to find I could not use it in the horizontal position.

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Posted 21 July 2019 - 07:57 PM

Neil,

 

When you say horizontal - did you apply the profile to a beam? Here is an aluminium 8020 section

 

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#10 Neil Dickenson

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Posted 22 July 2019 - 03:44 PM

Neil,

 

When you say horizontal - did you apply the profile to a beam? Here is an aluminium 8020 section

 

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Thanks Jon

I do have those that I downloaded from a 3d profile site. I just wanted them tho look like the actual product.

Not sure how to add a profile to a beam though?



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Posted 24 July 2019 - 02:19 PM

To add a profile to a beam edit the bean definition, on the far right end of the dialog you can select a profile. When drawing a profile it must be an open shape or it will be filled. Hence the small gaps in the 8020 profile. Profiles are drawn true to scale. Beams can be set to slope.

 

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#12 Mark Petri

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Posted 25 July 2019 - 05:55 PM

Great examples Jon.


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Posted 27 July 2019 - 06:01 PM

Attached File  QB as Beam.png   212.46KB   1 downloadsThanks Jon

That works.

 



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Posted 28 July 2019 - 08:30 PM

You can also add a 3D file to a shape then save it as a symbol. Symbols can be set to reference, Ground, Floor, Stack, 0, Ceiling, Roof and Subfloor. Here I used a couple from the \3D\ 3D Symbols \ Post library. 

 

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