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utearch1

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I have a wall with an angled top. Can someone remind me how to create a wall sweep that follows that outline.

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broncos4life

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You can either go into 3D and do a create a componant in place and use sweep and the pick a path...or you can go to the elevation of that wall, and set the wall as your plane and sketch a 2d path in elevation.  Then you can eitehr draw your sweep profile, or load one.

Hope that helpsGrant Doherty

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Thanks, but how do I go about sketching a 2d path? Do I go into solid component/sweep? Or is there a different way?

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Thanks, I got it to work.

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Rather than doing the sweep as an in-place family, I would use the hosted wall sweep or include it in the wall family, depending on what you're trying to achieve.  Both of these methods can be controlled to respect openings or windows etc.

If you're using 2010, click the down arrow under walls for hosted sweeps, or edit the wall and add sweeps to the wall family (in edit mode, under sweeps).

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I do sloped wall caps all the time.  I do in-place family sweeps because of the sloped walls.  It gets really fun when you're trying to put a cap on a sloped curved wall.  I those cases, there are two options...

1. If the cap is rectangular, then use a floor or roof.  You can adjust the points on the floor/roof (sim. to a topo), and still attach the top of wall to the floor/roof.

2. If the cap is non-rectranglar, you still have to do step one because you can't edit profile a curved wall.  After you attach the wall to the floor/roof, hide the floor/roof in all your views.  Then I do an in-place family to do the cap (sweep - blend).  Your path will be the curve of the wall (in plan view) and the blend will be the same profile, but at two different elevations.

Hope that helps.

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AllenBall

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I love in place models when it comes to slopes and angles. However, I have run into one major issue with that and now try to avoid them. When trying to edit a in place sweep with 2D lines if you start it with 3D edges is impossible. So if you created multiple sweeps together with 3D edges and needed to adjust them, then you can only adjust them with 3D edges.

If anyone knows a way to resolve this problem, please let me know.

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J. Allen Ball

Revit Architecture 2010 Certified Professional

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Bronsart

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I am not sure if this answers your question...

When I draw the sweep, I do not use "Pick Path".  I tried this after I posted earlier and my wall caps were not staying verticle to the wall.  The angles were way off.  I use the sweep blend and draw my path in plan view.  I have a "hardscape" level that I base all my site walls, pool, etc.  The blend part of the sweep is the change in elevation of the profile.

Hope this helps...

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