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[Fred Dickson]

I was wondering the different ways folks are creating 3D chimneys for their elevations/renderings.  With all the different material (brick with row locks, siding with trim, etc) and variety of shapes and tops it has been a bit of a sore spot for me.  Short of building with blocks, planes and so on or finding a Sketch-up drawing online somewhere that sort of works what other ways are there?  Thanks.

[Steve and Carla Farnam]

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[Keith Almond]

I normally add another floor plan called Chimney Plan and use standard wall construction with a custom built 3D symbol as a cap - of course it's never shown on plans ... purely for the model.

[Mark Petri]

I often do something along the lines of what Keith does. It allows all the flexibility of walls and trim to be used. I do use a solid or several for caps, etc. when representing and not worried about detail.

[JEREMY MILLER]

I use walls & solids to create the 3D and just put them on a layer that doesn't print on the plan. I would love more options on the Spark Arrestors! I've had to make my own in Sketchup, but the material selections for wire-mesh doesn't exist in either software. I would literally have to make it in Sketchup and I'm not going to do that for a small item, so I fake it with other materials.

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[Jim Johnson]

I use walls & solids to create the 3D and just put them on a layer that doesn't print on the plan. I would love more options on the Spark Arrestors! I've had to make my own in Sketchup, but the material selections for wire-mesh doesn't exist in either software. I would literally have to make it in Sketchup and I'm not going to do that for a small item, so I fake it with other materials.

Heather,  Go to https://www.sketchuptextureclub.com/and create an account.  There are a ton of free textures there.  You can download a perforated metal texture and apply it to a solid.  Remember that in order for transparency to work it has to be a png file.  This is a SoftPlan Cylinder with a black perforated metal plate texture.

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[Keith Almond]

And here's a seamless chain link texture that may work for you.

 

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Don't forget to check transparent in the surface editor.

[Keith Almond]

Here's some Chicken Wire if that works better for what you want.

 

Although to be fair, I've no idea what a spark arrestor is, where it goes, or what it looks like ...

 

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[Keith Almond]

or a Woven Mesh.

 

I like making textures ... any requests ...

 

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[Keith Almond]

Although putting complex Seamless textures on Softplan's cylinders doesn't work too well, as the cylinder is made of a number of straight sides, and the textures add to each side independently and it breaks the "Seamless" part of the seamless texture.

 

If you create a symbol or even a part of your drawing with a PLANE, you can add many different effect by using planes and transparent textures for fencing etc.

 

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