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Kent Cooper 
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 Topic: Modeling a Modern Roof Tile
Posted: 16.Nov.2024 at 13:55 |
 dery wrote:
OK, the exposure ... is straight, but the other exposure on the right side, is sloped. So, what first step I should do? ....
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It is apparent that you have not actually stepped through all the parts of my description at my first image, which clearly tell you what to do. See in particular the boldface entries, one of which deals specifically with the straight-to-sloped step [that's why they're in boldface -- to be sure you notice].
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philippe JOSEPH
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Posted: 16.Nov.2024 at 11:04 |
Dery, Kent gave you the explainations on 25 oct 2024 15 h 46 min. Try and use them or eventually use the ALIGN command.
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dery
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Posted: 16.Nov.2024 at 10:36 |
OK, the exposure you've shown me on below image, on the left side, is straight, but the other exposure on the right side, is sloped. So, what first step I should do? Please give me an example, let say, the length of the exposure is 8 unit.
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philippe JOSEPH
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Posted: 13.Nov.2024 at 20:20 |
Here is an extract of the page 86 of the PDF file : 0471648361.excerpt.pdf available on the internet about the exposure related in the first drawing that I posted showing a 3D view og a tile roof from John Wiley & sons best practice guide to residential construction in page 87. I'm not really interested in tile roofs but this PDF is very well made for a person that wants to get deeply in the subject, which I'm not, sorry.  |
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Kent Cooper
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Posted: 13.Nov.2024 at 15:32 |
dery wrote:
So, what should I do? ... |
I really think the description at my first image tells you what to do -- again, go one sentence at a time. One suggestion that may help is that you draw the white Circle centered at point A, and then Move it down the slope. It looks like maybe you are unsure about moving or copying something at a given distance in a given direction. If you don't know how to do that, you're not ready to model a house in 3D with individual roof tiles, so get some basic understanding of the program first.
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Kent Cooper
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Posted: 13.Nov.2024 at 15:15 |
It is certainly true that many such products are made with a total length of more than twice the exposure -- wood shingles as in Philippe's image, and asphalt shingles [in the US, typically 5" exposure but 12" length], so that the back end of one extends past the exposure of the one on top of it, and partially under the next one above that. If the exposure were 8 units as in my earlier image, under this configuration it's more likely that the tile length would be more like 18 units. But the drawing procedure is the same: I'm curious as to whether anyone actually makes a roof tile that's 1 unit x 10 units in cross-section. If so, I wonder about their details of installation.
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philippe JOSEPH
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Posted: 12.Nov.2024 at 14:19 |
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Kent Cooper
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Posted: 12.Nov.2024 at 14:19 |
dery wrote:
Does the length of exposure chosen arbitrarily? |
That will be up to the tile manufacturer. Look at their standards, which should specify exposures as well as minimum roof pitches.
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philippe JOSEPH
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Posted: 12.Nov.2024 at 14:14 |
Eventually take a look on the internet at : John wiley & sons, best practices guide to residential construction Or search directly the document : 0471648361.excerpt.pdf
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dery
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Posted: 12.Nov.2024 at 10:50 |
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Does the length of exposure chosen arbitrarily?
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