Wednesday, June 29, 2011

How to Create Roof in Autocad 2006 - Part 2 -

After what we`re learn on How to create a roof in Autocad 2006 - part 1 -. Now we will learn how to slice the roof that we`re already created. Follow this steps :

1. First you have to draw a rectangle like the pic below then rotate 30°. Here`s how you rotate it. Go to MODIFY -> 3d OPERATION -> ROTATE 3D. When command box ask you to select object, select the rectangle and pick point like the pic below and press ENTER and insert 30° for rotation angle. Now you will have your rectangle with rotation angle 30°.



2. MOVE the rectangle by pick the mid point of rectangle and put it on the top of roof endpoint. See the pick below :



3. Now we will to slice the roof. Click on SLICE icon on SOLID toolbar. When the command line ask you select object, select the roof & listplank that intersect with the rectangle. Now the command line will ask you " select object: Specify first point on slicing plane by ", press O for object and ENTER, now the command line will ask you " select a circle, ellipse, arc, 2D-spline, or 2D-polyline ", you select the rectangle and press B ( to keep both sides). Now you have roof that already slice like the pic below :



4. Select part of the roof that you don`t needed, so it suppose to look like this :



5. Now mirror the rectangle by click MIRROR icon on MODIFY toolbar, select the rectangle and select the mid point as your base point. And you will have the result like the pic below :



6. Now repeat step 3 and 4. After you repeat the steps, you suppose to have the result like the pic below :


Next post i will show you how to fill the void wall. If you have question, feel free to ask me :)

Cheers,
Jaenne.

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