Is there a way of cutting multiple of holes, all in one process? This job gets to be time-consuming if you have a lot of holes cut inside a 3d structural channel for example.
Is there a quicker way to cut many holes at once through a Solid? I know you can do it with parametrics, which is not an option for me.
thanks.
v8i SS 10
Very nice indeed. especially in "Transparent" Render-Mode. Thanks for the settings. They work also in Adobe Reader.
Why not create 3D linestyle from this using mesh or solids? Would have same performance as shared cells. Only issue that it may not export as 3D linestyles are nonstandard.
Steve Hipp said:Nice Model!
I agree. Good explanation, with illustrations, of 3D workflow as well.
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
I've no idea to be honest, I never touch parametric solids as the one time I did investigate them I found the implementation to be poor and functionality extremely limited compared to non-parametric solids and its tools. Had it worked a more like 3DS Max's Modifier Stack or the equivalent in Blender, it might have been better. Has it improved in the years since then? Again, no idea but I doubt it going by some of the parametric threads on CONNECT that I've seen posted.
In my experience MicroStation is a good solids modeller but does struggle with lots of holes in an element. You can however build quite complex models with lots of non-parametric geometry. This example is a 3D PDF, if you aren't familiar with them, make the following changes to your Adobe Acrobat Reader before opening the PDF otherwise it won't display correctly:
/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/Abbey-Wood-3D.pdf
Nice Model! Back in my V8i days I had to make a large number of holes in a weir baffle. Individual punches brought MS to its knees. Brein Bastings advised me to use a Feature Model with a hole array. That made a huge performance difference. I have no idea though if these parametric objects in Connect behave the same way performance wise to the old feature model objects, or if they are capable of creating a hole array along a circular shell object as you show in your example...