Creating a Sidewalk

[lmarkey73498]

I would like to create a sidewalk. I don't have any type of sidewalk loaded in my library that i can find. Should i try to create my own sidewalk?

[aaronrumple]

I use the floor tool with slope lines. Not too difficult to setup...

[lmarkey73498]

I will give it a try. Will creating it as a floor skew the area calculations for pricing?

[aaronrumple]

If you call it out as a sidewalk and set the correct Assembly code, you should be able to isolated sidewal quatities from other floors.

[lmarkey73498]

ok. Thanks :)

[czeitz]

I need to build a sidewalk that slopes in TWO directions. Does anyone have any suggestions for handling this type of situation?

Chaim

[beegee]

For a 2 directional slope, make a standard floor slab, then model an in-place void family to cut it to the desired shape.

[Roger Evans]

It would be a lot simpler & better if we could just add 2 slope arrows though

[czeitz]

Thanks, guys. I'm with Roger on this one...I would love to be able to control the floor slab with two slope arrows.

I will give the solid/void suggestion a try.

Chaim

[aaronrumple]

I think the solution would be to make the floor tool function more like the roof tool with slope defining lines and multiple slope arrow. I've cheated before and used a roof for a floor. Not a good solution, but it gets the job done. I've also used the roof tool to establish the planes for the floor and then traced over it with different floor slabs.

[czeitz]

Thanks, Aaron. I'll give that a try, too...

Chaim