Beiträge von jorge

hi kayaker,

i was having some sort of the same problem, and all i had to do was to make sure the posts were in the correct location in the building MOS. that is, they should belong to the wall and floor where they were placed.

go to building MOS in d-cam 6-4, highlite the floor/wall where the post should belong, click on "add" for elements, select the posts, right click when done, and at the prompt click ok. if you go back to ground they should show now.

hope this helps

thank you Joe,

i gave it a quick try and it seems that it will work. i am sure the engineer will appreciate having co-planar axis for every bent and section.

i must have the cheaper version of d-cam, function 4-5-1 is grayed-out.

if i may bug you a bit further, when i exported the 3D DXF file it came out at a scale of 1:38. is there a way to export with a 1:1 scale?

cheers,

thank you Jens,

yes, i found out the same happens with king posts and collar beams. i will change my modelling strategy to adapt.

hello all,

i am trying to edit the plate braces in my model, i created them with a right mouse click on the plate, and then entering the definition for both plate post and plate brace.

when i right click on the plates i am allowed to edit the plates, when i right-click on the braces i am only allowed to delete them. if i use 5-02 on plates i can edit them, but if i use it on the braces nothing at all happens.

how can i edit the braces without erasing them altogether with the plate post and then redefining them?

thank you

ok, that explains it.

i have v6.02

thank you both.

planer, thanx for your kind offer i will keep it in mind, but since the model is still changing i'll wait until i have something more final to send to the engineer.

cheers,

hello all,

i have done as the previous posts said (including downloading bauwerk4.frg and pasting it into C:\DIETRICHS06\FRG\ENG)

i can't still get my timber axis to show when i export a 3D DXF, what am i doing wrong? i have used all combinations of displays in the dialogue boxes, but to no avail...

hi all,

i found the answer to my previous post in the timber design module forum.

i am trying my best to read as much before i post questions, but there is so much to read...

my apologies

hi all,

i don't know if this is the right forum for this question, but how can i send a 3D DXF model to my engineer that has the axis of all pieces showing? this is needed for him to be able to use his software.

thanx

thank you Joachim,

i really apreciate the quick help. your solution worked, and i should have figured out that one myself.

is it possible to make a corner post part of the two walls that meet at that corner, so i can see it as part of the bent, or as part of the section perpendicular to it when using the MOS. i think the MOS doesn't let me do it because that 's not its intended use. i have tried 6-4, and 6-6 (MOS-pakage/element) but they only let the piece be part of one package or the other, for obvious reasons.

i know nothing about the intended use of 6-2 and 6-5 perhaps it is them i should be using?

hello all,

i have a roof timber (king post) that i made in the roof design module. since i needed to copy it a few times around i did so using d-cam.

how can i make the copies visible in the roof design module? only the original shows.

thanx,
jorge

Hi Joachim

thanks for your prompt response. I have been using trigonometry all along, that is not the problem.

dietrichs calculates overhang along the bottom side of the rafter. The "difficulty" happens when you use the drip edge of the roof (roughly the upper side of the rafter) as the overhang.

then the input needed in dietrichs in order to get the appropriate ground dimension for the drip edge overhang becomes:

(offset ground dimension) / cos (roof pitch) - (dimensional height of rafter) x tan (roof pitch)

this, of course, becomes less simple, and more tedious and given to mistakes, which was the reason for my enquiry in the first place.

cheers

hello all,

is there anyway to input eave offsets with ground measurements instead of along the roof pitch in the roof line properties window?

success!!

so far, so good. thank you all. Planer, i will be careful not to re-path anything, i have the same path set-up on both computers for all the software and files i use

Perhaps someday wall build up, roof build up, ceiling build up, and construction guidelines files will automatically move along with projects from one computer to the next... (wish list?)

thank you all again.

hi Joachim,

thanks for your patience.

I am on my way home and I'll do as per your quote

Zitat von Joachim Neumann

...I think the data you need is in directory HRB\ENG. Other data ...is in directory WINVOR\ENG and DBA\ENG....

. I will copy these folders from within my dietrichs folder at the office computer into my dietrichs folder my home computer.

I'll let you know how it went. thank you again.

hi,

i understand your concern, but let me assure you it is not my intent to play with files. i am just trying to make my projects portable since i move around a lot. would packing a project bring along all the pertinent info and data along with it?

if not, which info would be missing (i have already established roof surface and roof line properties don't come along with the project)

thank you again

Hi again joachim,

are there written references about what the subfolders and file extensions within the dietrich's folder mean? for example .RAF, .

.HRB etc?

thnks

hi,

thanks for your answers. i did see an old post about somebody "losing" the roof properties and going into the HBR folder, i am not sure whether i should go into the GER subfolder or the ENG. in any case i was hoping for a safer and more "automatic" solution

this morning i thought perhaps packing the project when i leave either computer may take these properties with it (i believe roof line properties and wall properties fall under the same category?) would this work?

cheers,

hi, i am on my first-ever dietrich's project. i am working on it both at home and the office, keeping the project folder in a zip drive for portability.

i just found that if i create a roof surface (for example) at the office computer when i go home and try to edit it it is not there.

is there anyway to migrate data such as this with the project itself?