Interior Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 I'm not sure thats the best title but anyway what i want to do is move a line up to run under some stairs ( the one i constantly mentioned) and then extrude from there to make it appear more like a spine for the stair just off centre. i can get as far as getting the line correct postion under the stair flat not a at an angle but were to go from the there i don't no i have tried 3d rotate as wel as the the other rotage tool drawing it throught the stair in 2d but the result was really bad and more ideas would be really help. Thank you Quote
ReMark Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 You should be able to use the normal rotate command to get the line to match the angle of the stairs. Just make sure you UCS in oriented correctly. If it helps you can temporarily relocate the origin of the UCS to the endpoint of the line that remains at the bottoms of the stairs. It would also help to have angle precision bumped up a few notches to obtain better accuracy. You should be able to do this all in 3D. Quote
Interior Posted May 20, 2009 Author Posted May 20, 2009 will is still work with the different curves that exist on the stair and if so i will need a more detailed explination as im still start out on cad Quote
ReMark Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 I was not aware that you are working with a curved stairway. Can you post an image? You do know how to manipulate the UCS right? Quote
Interior Posted May 20, 2009 Author Posted May 20, 2009 Sorry i should have been clearer i have posted a image now i hope this helps im running out of ideas. i sort of now how the ucs work quite basically though i have the rest of the model and some how i have worked it out magic most lightly Quote
ReMark Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 Maybe I need a new pair of glasses. And the image is where? Quote
ReMark Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 Hmmm. For some reason unbeknownst to me it is not showing up on my work computer sorry to say. Odd. Quote
Interior Posted May 20, 2009 Author Posted May 20, 2009 http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h27/thecremeegg/stair.jpg i hope i have coppied the right one let me no if you can see it Quote
ReMark Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 Unfortunately once again it appears things here at work are conspiring against me. Our IT department blocks photobucket for some unknown reason. Once again, my apologies. Quote
Interior Posted May 20, 2009 Author Posted May 20, 2009 Oh right, thats a pain! Is there any way I can get the picture up so you can see it? Quote
ReMark Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 Not that I am aware of. I can check back later via my home computer but that is going to be eight hours from now. It's strange. Many of the images posted here I have no problem viewing. Once in awhile there is one I just cannot see. Don't know why and never really spent much time trying to figure it out. What file format did you use for the image you say is shown somewhere above? Quote
Interior Posted May 20, 2009 Author Posted May 20, 2009 it is a jpg but i can put it into something elseis there a way of adding the file instead? Quote
ReMark Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 I generally have no problems with viewing jpg file types. I don't understand why I can't see the image. Maybe I've gone blind in both eyes. That could explain a lot of things. Quote
Interior Posted May 20, 2009 Author Posted May 20, 2009 Sadddly i will have to wait are technition has looked at it but not being able to do 3d cad makes it difficult she has had a go in form z but it is not the same quality and i feel like i cheated a bit because i haven't done it myself being my final project and all. thank, so let me know if you still can't see it i maybe imagening it there i can look on my own pc and be able to tell Quote
Rob-GB Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 I can see the Screen shot, not that that helps ReMark! However, when I have had problems rotating an object, flat plane or a shapely line into the correct position, I have added to it an X-Y line and a Z axis line to use as my selection points. Very useful in 3DROTATE. This is my get around as I have limited practice in 3D and often get muddled with the UCS positioning.( possibly the result of taking 2D into 3D and not starting in 3D) Hope you understand my meaning. Rob. Quote
Cad64 Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 I have fixed the image display problem so you should be able to see it now ReMark. Interior, in the future it would be better for you to upload your images directly to the forum by following these instructions: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=8863 Quote
ReMark Posted May 21, 2009 Posted May 21, 2009 I was blind but now I can see! Praise the Lord and thank you Cad64! Interior: Is the stairway a solid? Quote
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