Sloped Glazing Elevation

[jcoe]

Part of our project calls for a greenhouse, which we are designing out of curtainwall in lieu of having a pre-manufactured system. My question is, how would you go about taking an elevation of the sloping roof system perpendicular to the face?

I though I might be able to create a new work plane, make the new work plane current and create a new elevation - but alas, no luck.

Edit: Just figured it out. I had to orient a 3d view to the workplane I set up previously. Making the workplane active in the 3d view allowed me to dimension and place notes.

[jcoe]

However, in taking this direction I have limited myself in being able to use detailing of any kind. It then occured to me that I could capture the view using the Extensions Manager, but for some reason, the Extensions "Freeze Drawing" option does not like this view. Therefore, we have been forced to export this to A*&%#$D and import back in as a drafting view to complete the work. Not an ideal solution, but a solution nontheless.

[jcoe]

OK. Here we are again. Although the previous solution showed promise, where was an issue with the export. Becuse we exported the view as 3d, that is what we got back from AutoCAD. Further, the import did not come back in as the same orientation as the export - is reverted back to looking at the slopeed angle instead of being prepedicular to the face.

Lastly, I decided to see (on a whim) if I could create a detail on a slope (sections did not work). Sure enough, this worked beautifully. The best part is, I have access to all my detailing tools.

So, if anyone is looking to do the same or struggled with this in the past - create a detail view.

Sorry for all the posts.
Thanks

[Errolowl]

Thanks Jason. I'd completely forgotten that details could be viewed at an angle.

[SCShell]

So, if anyone is looking to do the same or struggled with this in the past - create a detail view.

Hey there,
Thanks for that. Could you post a graphic or image for this subject?
Steve

[stephanschneller]

Jcoe,

Im trying to dim and place notes in a 3d view...but cant get it to work.

I created a workplane (reference plane) and set it active but it still doesnt work?

Am I missing something?

Regards,

[barrie.sharp]

- create a detail view.

Thanks for keeping us in the loop when solving the problem. I'm missing something though, don't quite get what your solution was. Did you mean drafting view or callout? Also, having just tried, how do align a view to a workplane?

[jcoe]

Here are some pics - they're a bit crude but I hope they help.

The first pic shows the problem we encountered - we needed to find a way to document the sloped curtainwall surface of the greenhouse. The problem was in both elevation and roof plan views, we could not get a flat view of the sloped surface.

After some experimenting with work planes and 3-d views, I found that in section/ elevation views perpendicular to the roof slope, I could create a detail section parallel to the roof slope (pic #2). This gave me the flat view I was looking for to accurately document the roof (pic #3). In addition, I was able to use my full complement of detail components, dimensions, text, etc...

Hope this helps.

[barrie.sharp]

I was struggling to draw the section in a non vertical plane. I just figured out that I can rotate it once placed.. Doh! I'm fine now. Cheers!

[patricks]

Any view not exactly horizontal or vertical must be done as a section detail view. Building and wall sections can only be vertical.

When drawing the section line, it will usually snap to be parallel to elements near to it. Sometimes it doesn't, though, and so rotating may have to happen after drawing the section line.