Helmut
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Bah, Hamburg (to paraphrase the late Charlie Dickens and Ebenezer Scrooge)
* I am in the process of modelling a rather complex Baroque church in Hamburg which I have not (yet) seen. The geometry is quite different from the Baroque I know (Italian and Central European).
* Question:
* The windows in the external walls have splayed / non-orthogonal reveals (see part of the plan, showing apsis and transept), meaning that the inner opening is a bit larger than the outer opening and / or that it is offset from a right angle to maximise insolation / illumination.
* I have started out with a polyplane (a compound spline, consisting of an outer rectangular “panel” plus the inner spline representing the window´s edges). Added to that is a shell to give the wall´s thickness. Making the object editable plus tweaking the inner edges with the transform widget works, of course.
* I would like to keep the splines “alive” so I can use them for the window itself and for the profiled moulding of the “frames” around the openings. Clearly, if I copy & paste / resolve the compound spline before making the object editable this is no hassle either.
* Essentially, this solves the problem,but:
? Can somebody think of a more flexible / non-destructive method to achieve the same result ? Fixing a topological error in the above concept is a PITA, as I have to start from scratch again. Unfortunately, the spline interpolator (Todd´s Loft .js) does not handle compound splines / creates artefacts as it ignores points of hard interpolation. As the plan indicates, angles and displacement are by no means constant. The architect, presumably, has inhaled copious amounts of francincense before fumbling for his compass and straight edge :mrgreen:
* I don´t want to use Booleans.
* Lacking any proper plans in the moment I also want to allow for some freedom to edit in the future.
* Thank you for any ideas
* For anybody who does know the building: Yes, there are quite a few incorrect details. I have not found a cross section in the internet and the published photos ignore all the tricky bits. Inter-library-loans are costly and dicey. This is not a paid project but just an attempt to analyse the spatial concepts.
* I am in the process of modelling a rather complex Baroque church in Hamburg which I have not (yet) seen. The geometry is quite different from the Baroque I know (Italian and Central European).
* Question:
* The windows in the external walls have splayed / non-orthogonal reveals (see part of the plan, showing apsis and transept), meaning that the inner opening is a bit larger than the outer opening and / or that it is offset from a right angle to maximise insolation / illumination.
* I have started out with a polyplane (a compound spline, consisting of an outer rectangular “panel” plus the inner spline representing the window´s edges). Added to that is a shell to give the wall´s thickness. Making the object editable plus tweaking the inner edges with the transform widget works, of course.
* I would like to keep the splines “alive” so I can use them for the window itself and for the profiled moulding of the “frames” around the openings. Clearly, if I copy & paste / resolve the compound spline before making the object editable this is no hassle either.
* Essentially, this solves the problem,but:
? Can somebody think of a more flexible / non-destructive method to achieve the same result ? Fixing a topological error in the above concept is a PITA, as I have to start from scratch again. Unfortunately, the spline interpolator (Todd´s Loft .js) does not handle compound splines / creates artefacts as it ignores points of hard interpolation. As the plan indicates, angles and displacement are by no means constant. The architect, presumably, has inhaled copious amounts of francincense before fumbling for his compass and straight edge :mrgreen:
* I don´t want to use Booleans.
* Lacking any proper plans in the moment I also want to allow for some freedom to edit in the future.
* Thank you for any ideas
* For anybody who does know the building: Yes, there are quite a few incorrect details. I have not found a cross section in the internet and the published photos ignore all the tricky bits. Inter-library-loans are costly and dicey. This is not a paid project but just an attempt to analyse the spatial concepts.
