[Equest-users] Another skylight conundrum! Yuck!

[Nick Caton]

Well, it took a little extra wrangling, but I've got at least one
approach that sorta embraces this wonky behavior... Something I can't
control wants to rotate any shape 90 degrees, and swapping the
width/length results in a 90 ft long strip won't fit on the sloped
surface (causing the wizards to choke up and gasp for air - oh the
horror!)... So what the heck -  (3) 30ft strips spaced 30ft on center
seems to do the trick for each row:

 

 

 

Close enough =D!  

 

I can't get these to end up near the roof ridge where they are in
reality, but I have bigger fish to fry in this model to get really
further hung up on aesthetics...  Hope this band-aid fix helps someone
else down the road...  If anyone knows of a more elegant solution, or
how one might avoid this "auto-rotating" feature, please do share!

 

Peace out,

 

~Nick

 

 

NICK CATON, E.I.T.

PROJECT ENGINEER

Smith & Boucher Engineers

25501 west valley parkway

olathe ks 66061

direct 913 344.0036

fax 913 345.0617

www.smithboucher.com 

 

From: Nick Caton 
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:56 AM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Another skylight conundrum! Yuck!

 

Hey everyone!

 

I know at least one right answer to this is to just skip the wizards,
but this one is bugging me as it's realllly close!


Can anyone suggest a wizard-level fix for when a skylight layout screen
like this...

 

 

...ends up looking like this on closing the wizards?:

 

 

I've had almost zero luck with wizard-generated pitched roofs in the
past, but this one is *nearly* there, haha!  

 

Any thoughts would be appreciated =),

 

~Nick

 



 

NICK CATON, E.I.T.

PROJECT ENGINEER

Smith & Boucher Engineers

25501 west valley parkway

olathe ks 66061

direct 913 344.0036

fax 913 345.0617

www.smithboucher.com 

 

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