Curved wall sloped top with sweep

[Joef]

I've just run into a snag. Hope I am not completely hooped here as it will spell doom and misery for me.:cry: I have a stone wall that is curved and has a sloped top. I need to cap this stone wall with a sweep. I so far have been unable to persuade a sweep to recognize this wall. I am surprised that I am having trouble with this as it is a not uncommon condition. Please tell me that there is a clever workaround (the project has about a half kilometer of assorted sloping walls).

Joe

[Elmo]

Hi Joef , try going to 3d and select your sweep tool. Instead of sketching your path rather pick your path in 3d. This should do the trick.

[Joef]

When I pick the top of the wall the sweep is placed horizontally. It does not follow the slope of the top of the wall.

Joe

[Elmo]

When you select the sweep does it give you the option so that you can set it to host?

[Joef]

I'm using the wall sweep tool. There are two buttons on the options bar: Vertical and Horizintal. That should have been my clue right there. I don't think this is something Revit can do. I need Captain Workaround to come to the rescue here. Wait! What if I build the sweep in the wall instead of adding it later. I'll keep you posted!!

[Joef]

No luck, the sweep stays horizontal in the middle of the wall. I'll try something else. There is no set to host feature in my version of Revit 9, is there one in yours?

Joe

[Elmo]

haven't had a look at 9 yet. have you considered creating the wall as a seperate family insted ?

[Bryan Sutton]

I'm using the wall sweep tool.
The wall sweep tool will only allow you vert. & horz. sweeps. You will have to do an inplace family and create a sweep there. You can apply a sweep profile family as in a wall sweep. As mentioned, use the pick path option in a 3d view to pick the sloping top of wall.
cheers
Bryan Sutton

[Mike Hardy-Brown]

Hi Joef,


I have done this with a roof (yes sir...a workaround) set the thickness of the roof to the thickness of the sweep.. Make all lines in the sketch of the roof non slope defining except for one.
Just attach the wall to the roof now... you have to be careful with the angle that you set it to, but it is pretty cool

[Joef]

Thanks Bryan & Elmo, in place sweep works a treat!

Joe

[lafe]

The new two pick family in R9 should work for that as well as it can be placed at any angle.

Otherwise, I have always had to make a separate family for any wall-sweep-type element on a pitch.

[Elmo]

Thanks Bryan & Elmo, in place sweep works a treat!

JoeGlad you got it to work.

[rdmanns]

I've beat my head against the wall on this issue for hours now. I'm pretty new to revit and feel like I have a good grasp on things, but for the life of me i can not figure out how to creat an inplace sweep. Can someone please elaborate on the process?

Many thanks,

Rob

[Wes Macaulay]

In place families are access for the first time by clicking Modeling > Create

This little item opens up a whole world of modeling possibilities in Revit. Some things to note: if you're copying something that's an in-place family do it while inside the family -- otherwise your project browser will fill up with multiple instances of your in-place family!

[rdmanns]

Thanks wes, I was able to find that, but I dont see any catagory relating to sweeps or profiles... do i just create it as a wall? generic? other?

[greg.mcdowell]

it's one of the Solid options in the design bar along with extrude, revolve and blend

[Firmso]

Hi Joef,


I have done this with a roof (yes sir...a workaround) set the thickness of the roof to the thickness of the sweep.. Make all lines in the sketch of the roof non slope defining except for one.
Just attach the wall to the roof now... you have to be careful with the angle that you set it to, but it is pretty cool
That is an interesting work around....and you could do your roof using massing tool instead of the roof tool.
Great.

[christo4robin]

Phil Read posted a great family/tutorial for a curved wall with a sloping top. You might do an advanced search for posts by Phil.