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AbsoluteBIM

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I'm making a simple bus shelter with a dome top roof; just wondering how you guys illustrate rounded surfaces in elevation. Currently my elevation looks misleading. Thanks.

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WWHub

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The old hand drafting convention was to add a line parallel with the center axis at 1/2 the distance fro the axis to the edge, then add another at 1/2 the distance form that line to the edge thean another..... continue until it approximates a shading.

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