Can walls' centerlines geometric data be accessed in any way either within ABD or within Generative Components?
We currently have curtain walls as part of the wall tool, all well and good except no vertical mullions, which is a real pity :-(( IF we had vertical mullions as part of the wall tool, then we would also have curved curtain walls - how cool would that be. We can use the horizontal mullions centerline combined with the "array along a path" kind of method to implement this... That works a treat manually by creating a profile, extruding it vertically and then using the centerline to "array along path" copy... Could it not be automated?
Yes correct, just an idea... I was thinking perhaps a macro that combines the current wall command, chooses a curtain wall type, would also give the user the option to choose the spacing /number/dimension etc & initial position of vertical items... Anyway, programming stuff that is way beyond my current capabilities :))
Huh... you and me both. :) Another potential option suggested by a colleague would be to create a custom linestyle that uses a 3D point cell, though while I know that's possible I've never tried anything like that in this particular context. Even a line (using this custom linestyle) could be placed for the graphic component, with DataGroup data for the applicable wall applied after the fact. Just thinking outside the box.
Edit: Check out this Ask Inga article - http://communities.bentley.com/communities/other_communities/askinga/w/askinga/1442.3d-custom-line-styles
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