Wall with different width top and bottom

[CADMama]

Can this be done? Can a wall have an airspace with a different bottom width than the top width?
Check out the PDF attached for a clearer picture.

[aaronrumple]

Yes. No. Sort of. Not really.

You could add sweeps to the wall to reflect the outer materials. This issue is that the sweeps will have a fixed height. So don't expect too much flexibility from it.

You could also do it out of two objects. The gyp./stud/sheathing is easy. The either model the sloped portion as a face based wall from a mass. Or use a roof as a sloped wall.

[patricks]

We did a tower on a project a couple years back with battered walls like that. It actually had sloping studs to support the stone work, in addition to vertical studs on the interior, but I made the outer part as an in-place blend. Where there were door openings, I placed walls with edited profiles to meet the outer sloping portion.

Below is the original rendering I did back in 2006 I think, and the finished product (photo taken just last week).

[DoTheBIM]

That's cool how close to the real thing the rendering looks. Was that rendering done in Revit in 2006 or was it taken out to another product for that. I tried a couple renderings in the past and with the new mental ray and it seems like my sun's not bright enough or something as I can't even get close to some half realistic and not washed out.

[patricks]

That's cool how close to the real thing the rendering looks. Was that rendering done in Revit in 2006 or was it taken out to another product for that. I tried a couple renderings in the past and with the new mental ray and it seems like my sun's not bright enough or something as I can't even get close to some half realistic and not washed out.

That's an Accurender rendering by 'moi', probably done in either Revit 8.1 or 9. ;)