Perforated Walls

[ljupadhyay]

I m in need of perforated or honeycombed walls for ventilation in humid regions. Any one ever made such walls ? Can it be made by arrays of opening patterns. Actually I require thin RCC walls with patterns of openings on whole wall surface.

LJU

[Dimitri Harvalias]

My first question to you is does this need to be modeled or are you just looking for an appropriate graphic representation?

[aaronrumple]

Tiny, tiny, tiny curtain wall panels.....






...or just a model pattern for CD's.

[cdatechguy]

Or curtain walls with the panels modified to be your pattern....

[ljupadhyay]

Dimitri
It is to be modelled with a thickness of say 1" to 3" so that one can know its volume. It is like a curtain wall to cover staircase, but it should be perforated for air & light to get inside. The patern of openings may be shapes of choice.
Regards

LJU

[Dimitri Harvalias]

I'm with Michael and Aaron. I'd do this as curtain wall panels but probably just create the pattern as a surface pattern for performance reasons.
If it's a series of regular panels you could model one of each panel type, check the volume and then just add a multiplier to your panel schedule to get the correct volume. (I don't believe you can schedule the volume of curtain panels anyway)

There are a number of options, if you really feel the need to model it but your best bet is to create a panel with two surfaces, one modeled one patterned and set them to different sub-categories. You can then set visibility as need for 'drafting' views and modeled views that will cast shadow and render correctly.

[aaronrumple]

FYI, I just did a space with a bunch of USG Libretto ceilings and lots of holes.
I modeled all the holes for rendering in 3DS. It looked great.

http://www.usg.com/navigate.do?resou...ing_System.htm

[jsteinhauer]

FYI, I just did a space with a bunch of USG Libretto ceilings and lots of holes.
I modeled all the holes for rendering in 3DS. It looked great.

http://www.usg.com/navigate.do?resou...ing_System.htm

Aaron,

Is the image on that link yours? It's pretty freaking cool.

Jeff S.

[ljupadhyay]

For the time being I m going to creat opening family & will try to use on thin wall in the project as it can not be done in wall family in family editor. Let me try.

LJU

[aaronrumple]

Aaron,

Is the image on that link yours? It's pretty freaking cool.

Jeff S.

No - that's just the product I was using. As with most of our stuff - I can't show the rendering as the project is client confidential. However here is a detail of the rendering...