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BillyGrey
2004-09-12, 11:41 PM
I wanna cut my curvy wall, or build a better one, that will tuck nicely below my treads and risers, see photo:

No TMM lectures please, my cient is a one eyed dyslexic with myopia who wants to
see every major feature as it may look (good thing he is a dentist).

as always,

Thanks To All (and everyone else too)

Roger Evans
2004-09-13, 12:46 AM
Haven't tried it but edit profile to reference planes springs to mind

Been meaning to ask .. What's & where is the avatar by the way?

Wes Macaulay
2004-09-13, 01:07 AM
Try a blend type inplace family wall void.

The edges of the blend will be radial lines from the center of curvature for the wall. The direction of the blend will be the perpendicular of the bisector of the angle needed for the blend.

See attached - lots of ref planes - hard to describe!

slb
2004-09-13, 01:36 AM
This is most easily accomplished by creating multiple, rectangular "openings" in the curved wall. It's not "the easiest thing", but it is possible and not too bad once you get the hang of it...

sfaust
2004-09-13, 03:30 PM
I would put on the wishlist also that it would be nice to be able to attach the top of a wall to a stair for reasons such as this...

BillyGrey
2004-09-13, 07:40 PM
Thanks to all for your efforts, this is the best user
group I have ever seen. Thanks.

I will be attempting this fix in a bit, I'll let
you all know how it works.

Hey Roger,

That is an Abobe block that was set in a Kiva wall by a Pueblo Indian
800-1000 years ago. It is part of the Mesa Verde National Park
in Colorado, USA. It is an amazing place, archaeologically and
architecturally. It is renowned for the many cliff dwellings that were built there, and the cliff-top villages.

If you ever get stateside, you have to go there, then tour the
desert southwest. I did this as an archi-tour this year on my vacation, and it was amazing.

Considering all the hype the two coasts/glamor destinations generate, this region is so real, grounded, and connected to it's past. You can see forms in buildings being constructed today that are echoes of places like Mesa Verde.

Pictures:

Mesa Verde Cliff Palace cir: 1000-1200 CE

Toas Pueblo cir: 1700 CE

Somewhere Along The Highway Today

PeterJ
2004-09-13, 08:29 PM
It is part of the Mesa Verde National Park
in Colorado, USA. It is an amazing place, archaeologically and
architecturally. It is renowned for the many cliff dwellings that were built there, and the cliff-top villages.
We visited there about five years ago. It's quite an amazing place and inredibly well hidden. How long was it there undiscovered after the original inhabitants abandoned it? Eight or nine hundred years?

BillyGrey
2004-09-13, 09:33 PM
Who knows?

But yes, quite an inspiring little universe they created. The neighborhood there is fine.