Beiträge von Thorvald

I have maybe a situation that is a little similar. For making a roof construction with roof trusses, I made walls for the roof trusses. Then I wanted to make a walkway with OSB, but I found that the OSB layers was interrupted by the "walls" (roof trusses). Then first I tried to go to ground plan and in properties of these walls to un-check the core slice (= kernlage), but that was not the solution. Then I went to the ceiling area and here I made the OSB layers to be core slices together with the wood layer - that worked! Untill now I didn't know that you could have more than one core slice and that core slice should be only slice 0...

This message I also get frequently. I just change the filename extension from .new to .ini. It's a bit strange that it happens, but the work-around works.

Hi, I think I can answer that. It is because you have a inside wall that hit the outside wall in a T-connection. This inside wall makes the slice outline for the inside boards on the outside wall to be split at this point.

Cases where it is not split - well maybe if the inside wall is not connected to the outside wall or if it have been adjusted in length, so the inside wall does not go through this board-slice.

If you want to force the board to go through in one piece, no matter how connected or not the inside wall is - you can move the slice outline of the slice for the board, so there is no gap. Move one of the two vertical lines so it is in line with the other vertical line. This may help.

Ok, I see it now, if I change it to 14 cm it works.

I see the function planing / planing areas in roof design (6-02-1). What does this function do??

It should be 2 cut-off, like all the other rafters. I don't understand why the rafters, next to these rafters does get the correct 2-cut-off, while these does not.

Hi. It is not very important, since I can just copy the beam drawings from the other correct rafters. I am just wondering why it is happening and if it would be possible to do something about it.

Yeah, I think it is sometimes easier to use the 2D approach to design a solution. But of course you will often not be able to count for every detail, how it will work in 3D. T.ex. if you make a cross section in two directions of a structure, that is a bit complicated - then it can be difficult to predict, how these two sections will act in the corner. But these detailed details, you will design in 3D, because it is often too difficult in 2D. Yes the 2D approach requires some work, but I think it is worth the effort. Because somehow one often "think" better in 2D.

He he, Kayaker - then somebody should hit me too, for not using D-cam sections first!

I also sometimes make 2D drawings first to decide how to make things, before I make them in 3D - because sometimes I am around 5+ different solutions before I hit the solution that satisfies my boss - and to make all these changes in 3D and then remake the 2D section drawings, will take longer time than to do it all in 2D. Another reason is that you may not want to make all layers and parts in 3D - and then you still have to draw these parts in 2D, to get a complete picture of the section drawing.

Ok see attached.

You can change the size of the view port, but I don't know if that helps you?

Hi. As you see on the picture, some of my rafters get the 2 cut end profile and some does not. What could course that?

Is it not so that if you do a function inside the main window, no questions are asked? Only if you do a function inside secondary windows you will be asked. That's how it works with me.

Yeah - I have also always thought that "insert stored image" should have been "insert stored drawing" - that would have been more intuitive.

Yeah, I agree. The same options that you have in wall design should be available in ceiling and roof design and in D-Cam. Not only some options in some modules. I think it is a shame too.

But I also want to say that Dietrichs is an amazing program!

Are you thinking about timber list? Because this was missing in D-Cam. I don't know how it is in version 8.

I know that the "images" are independent of the positions. But look at attached picture. Here you see drawings that have been made from position 4, 7 & 8. So if I delete position 7, how would this list then in princip look like? I mean the "images" that are listed under position 7, where will they go? I know they won't be deleted, but I am just curious about how it works - where they will then be listed?

I was was just thinking, because when you "insert stored image", they are found under specific positions - so if a position is deleted, under what position they would then be found?

I have used method 2 and it worked very well for me. One advantage with this method is also that it is much faster than doing it in D-cam (the operation it self is much faster).

The feature is good, but it is missing some functionality - as to pick single walls and ceiling that you want to mirror, in stead of entire floors.

Hi. I know that pla-files not belongs to positions - but when you insert stored images (drawings) in PlanCad, they are found under the positions where they are made.

What happens if you rearrange positions - like deleting positions you no longer need - but maybe you have taken out drawings from these positions???

I won't forget method 1, because it works very well and can be convenient in some cases. But I guess in this case method 2, might be better.