Standing seam on a barrel roof

[christo4robin]

I've got a barrel vault roof and I want to model the standing seams. On this project I've used the sloped glazing solution with great results on all the shed roofs. When I copy the roof by extrusion structural barrel vault roof (joists & sheathing) and convert it to sloped glazing, the seams (mullions) do not follow the curve.

Any suggestions as to the best method to model those vertical seams?

[patricks]

best bet would probably be to just do an in-place sweep, array a bunch of rectangles or whatever profile for the seams, and then have the barrel curve be the sweep path.

[SkiSouth]

do you need the physical standing seam or just a pattern to indicate the seams? If just a line use a model pattern. Here's pattern I use:

*mroof,standing seam metal roof
;%TYPE=MODEL
90, 0, 0, 0, 12
90, 1.5, 0, 0, 12

[sbrown]

I would make a generic model family using a sweep with the profile of a metal panel. Make the path in elevation, put a radius parameter on it. then put it on a subcategory. Now you can place it, array it and turn it off if you need to. You can create your roof to still have a model pattern for when you don't want the ribs turned on.