Forum Microstation V8i
Is there a trick to use lines for making solids or surfaces? Thickening, extruding or so?
I have a network of lines in a Space Frame structure. Now I want to render them and make the lines look like bamboo poles. I have managed to make a Custom Line style mimicking Bamboo with its typical varying width/diameter , but the volume does not show up in Illustration Display Style - because it’s nothing but a line…
In Rhino/Grasshopper you can give a diameter to a line, using the Pipe command.
In Microstation there are maybe hidden work-arounds for this?
Thanks for ideas…
Ingemar
Does something like this work? This was done with the GenerativeComponents technology.
Stuart Milne said:This was done with the GenerativeComponents
Cool! Looking forward to seeing that available once more for MicroStation.
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
Hi, it's impressive and could certainly work for the task I describe. I even tried Generative Components some years ago but the learning curve was just too much. Rhino with Grasshopper can do all this parametrically and learning it is like playing with Lego - just a lot of fun for us grown up kids! Pity that Bentley didn´t hang on because we would love to continue working with Microstation if possible...
So you do need to deploy Grasshopper to achieve this. I thought as much. Same as in the Bentley world. I think you would find GC is like playing with Lego too. IMHO I find the learning curve of GH steep. Maybe I am too used to some of the simplicities of GC. Use OpenBuildings OpenRoad OpenRail OpenBridge or OpenSite if you want GC. If you want to see it in Microstation I would recommend formalizing the request via a ticket.
http://www.saevfors.se/Parametrics.html