Any AutoCAD gurus in the house? Please help a newbie

[RaynorWolfcastle]

I have a project due for an AutoCAD I'm taking and we have to draw a (church-resembling) building. It's pretty much finnished except for 1 thing. I've used surfaces to draw most of everything, making both outside and inside surfaces. My problem is that when I add in my windows they are covered bymy outside walls.

I could probably use a command like RULESURF repeatedly, but it just seems impractical.

Then I tried using regions, but that does not let me add a surface, although I can obtain the correct shape

Is there another way to subtract a shape out of a surface apart from regions? Is there a way to use regions more effectively? I can post the drawing on my website if anyone wants to see it to help out.

As usual any help is greatly appreciated

-Ice

 

[CADsortaGUY]

I'm no "Guru" but if you post it i'll see if i can help. Which software package are you using?

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

OH, I'm using AutoCAD 2000, forgot to mention it
Is you r email address functional? I'll send it over

-Ice

 

[CADsortaGUY]

yep

 

[911paramedic]

Post it or send it to me and I will post it for you. I use 2002 but not much in the way of 3d. I have been using it since release 9, LOL.

david@lehmansterms.com by the way...

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

OK, I decided to post it up on my website
just Click the linky

-Ice

 

[911paramedic]

Linky

Take a look, my idea is at the bottom of the pic.

Like I said, I do mostly blueprint type drawing, not 3D.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Whoa - I normally do 2d electrical diagrams but do some 3D Mechanical drawings. I am using ACAD2002 and I can't get the surfaces to "cutout" the windows either. I've tried every "trick" I am aware of but nothing seems to work correctly. Normally I set the surfaces last on my mechanical drawings but it doesn't seem to be working. Normally I only have circles and squares that are "cut-out" so this window shape is screwing things up. I'll keep digging but don't count on me finding the solution quickly.

edit - spelling

 

[911paramedic]

there is a problem with your walls. They are individual solid surfaces, you should have drawn them with thickness. It looks like a card house, excuse the comparison. I tried to select a wall and it was in many pieces, not a single block with thickness.

You can subtract areas with true 3D surfaces, or entities, not how you have it now.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

<< Linky

Take a look, my idea is at the bottom of the pic.

Like I said, I do mostly blueprint type drawing, not 3D. >>



Doubtful that this is the problem since I specifically checked the positions then used the mirror command to place it on various sides.



<< Normally I set the surfaces last on my mechanical drawings but it doesn't seem to be working >>



That's what I do also, unless I can't visualize what belongs to what without surfaces. The reason I just threw the surfaces on at the end is because I was getting p!ssed off and just wanted to get it over with. They can be removed pretty easily.

-Ice

 

[Johnnie]

have you tried drawing the windows in block?

 

[911paramedic]

there is a problem with your walls. They are individual solid surfaces, you should have drawn them with thickness. It looks like a card house, excuse the comparison. I tried to select a wall and it was in many pieces, not a single block with thickness.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

<< there is a problem with your walls. They are individual solid surfaces, you should have drawn them with thickness. It looks like a card house, excuse the comparison. I tried to select a wall and it was in many pieces, not a single block with thickness. >>



Yeah, I wanted to do it that way but the teacher told us that this assignment was to get us more comfortable with the surf commands. I actually had a lot of it built up using thickness until he told me that. So I started over his way :frown:

There shouldn't be too many walls that are in pieces, those that are that way are because I had to use different surf commands to cover the entire surface



<< have you tried drawing the windows in block? >>


huh?

 

[911paramedic]

I did a "list" on your wall, it is a line, it has to be a 3D object.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

yeah, like I said, making it into a region (3d-object) solves the problem as in I get the right shape, but then I can't shade it correctly (to appear as a surface when using flat or gouraud shading) if I can't do that, then you can see the innards of the card house.

-Ice