In the attached file I have a profile of a window I am trying to create in a surface. The “frame” is the projection of a planar window shape on the surface.
My thought was to create the window opening by using the shape to create a surface, extrude the surface, then subtract the extrusion (offsetsrf).
Problem Windows.3dm (3.0 MB)
The problem that when i try to use edgesrf or notworksrf then offsetsrf, I get a weird shape (note surfaces at the side)
It does work if I use Patch but patch is very slow.
I am not wondering if I am approaching this in the wrong way and, if so, how to go about doing this.
davidcockey
September 12, 2017, 7:38pm
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Create a “rectangular” window with sharp corners on the surface, then trim the corners.
pascal
September 12, 2017, 8:40pm
3
Hard to say without the surface, but Split on the surface with the window curves seems like it might be what you want.
-Pascal
BrianJ
September 12, 2017, 8:59pm
4
The curve is so close to planar that I have to ask… why not just use SetPt to flatten it and then PlanarSrf?
There is a large number of these windows that vary in shape. I must not have picked one that is far from planar—but many are.
