How to model shade cloth?

[BBP-Arch]

ACA 2016

So, I've been tasked with creating a shade structure...steel frame w/ shade cloth draped over. I've modeled the frame (tip of the hat to David Koch who taught me how to create a beam with a radius!) and now I need to create the actual shade cloth. Not sure how to do that...any ideas? I figure I need to create some sort of mesh or drape? It would have to be thin...maybe 1/8"? This will require (2) 'cloths'...one over each bay. I also want the material to be slightly translucent... You can see it in plan.  I just created a solid hatch and added transparency.

I'm attaching the dwg so you can see it. Thanks for any and all ideas!!!

Scott

[BBP-Arch · Accepted solution]

I solved it...for now anyway!

I created a closed pline (basically a rectangle that followed the radius of the frame, offset 1/8" and closed) on top of one end of the frame and extruded it then converted it to a mass element and then made a new material. It'll work for this process. I left out the lacing around the frames, but that's for another day... See attached if interested...