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[David Branson]

I am a new old user to softplan. I previously used v7 and been away from the business for a number of years. I just purchased 2016 and a lot of things have changed and I like the changes. I am doing a small bathroom remodel and need to show a under mount tub and deck.

POINTERS please

 

Dave

[Martin Livingston]

I was a version 7 user as well. And you are right, there are a lot of changes.

[Martin Livingston]

I have never drawn an under mount tub in Softplan but if I did I would draw a countertop for the deck and edit the symbol to "cut countertop"  (see the settings for an under mount sink in the attachment). then you can just set the offset height for the tub to appear below the hole it creates.

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[Keith Almond]

Personally, I'd select the undermount tub and then use a solid (3D polygon) to make the deck. That way, you can make the hole in the deck suit the tub shape regardless of the tub you actually use on the drawing.

 

A lot depends on what shape the undermount tub is ... and whether or not you have a symbol that's close to it.

 

You must draw the solid with the hole included in the shape and then close it. You can't draw a shape and add a hole.

 

 

You can make the skirt from a solid the same way. Again depending on the symbol you may be able to make the original solid deep enough to form the skirt too.

 

NOTE: A couple of the Kohler tubs in the Manufacturers Library come in undermount styles.

 

Version 7 to Version 2016 in one step is quite a jump. You may be saying "WOW" for quite a few days ....

[Yvon Gonthier]

My answer was the same as Keith. You can put the solid on a hidden layer if required to hide the joint and overlap and just show the deck with lines for the floor plan.

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[Keith Almond]

That looks very close to what I had in mind Yvon. Although I was too lazy to complete the 3D ... As I said a lot depends on what undermount tub is chosen.

[David Branson]

Thanks Guys,

 

All of these helped!

 

I made a polygon line, edit to form solid polygon and gave it a height assigned material. Worked well for now. I need lots of practice!

 

Dave

[randolph cohn]

if need be,  you can use the "curved fillet"  to curve the corners

to follow any curved corners.

[John Jones]

An easier method may be to draw a countertop and then edit the tub symbol so that it cuts the countertop.

[randolph cohn]

true john,

 

i should of been more specific with my answer.

 

i was referring to the solid polygon method

as far as putting a curve on the inside (or outside) corners.

 

using a counter-top is definitely easier

but sometimes, for whatever reasons, you might need to go the solid polygon route.

[Keith Almond]

An easier method may be to draw a countertop and then edit the tub symbol so that it cuts the countertop.

 

Martin suggested that in post #3. However, it only works if the undermount tub symbol is the shape that you want.

[James Quesenberry]

Is there a way to hide the 3D polygon line work in plan view when you create tub deck platform for the model?

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[Keith Almond]

Change it's layer and turn it off. I have a specific layer called HIDDEN I use for that very purpose. Just in case, it can also be set to never print, so it can even be left on if you wish.