Rowlock Brick Course Along A Curved Wall

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I currently have some curved garden walls in one of my projects. The tops of the walls must feature a rowlock brick course. I have half implemented this correctly using a wall sweep and soldier course pattern. The trouble with this is that when the wall begins to bend the pattern does not follow the curve of the wall (see below image).

Can anyone recommend a suitable fix for this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[AFatRat]

Depends on how much detail you need. You can rotate the pattern by picking one of the lines and rotating. You can also split the curved wall to get the pattern to somewhat follow the curve (see screencast).

[AFatRat · Accepted solution]

If it were me, I'd probably use a brick family and array it along the curve. I used an in-place model in the screencast but it would be best to create a brick family, insert, then array.

[Sahay_R]

@Anonymous - you can make the pattern follow the elements -  Manage>>Additional Settings>>Fill Patterns. Select the pattern. Click on the edit pencil for the pattern 

[Anonymous]

Thank you for this great demo. I will give this a try ASAP!

[Anonymous]

Thank you Sahay, 

I have tried doing this but for some reason when I try and align the course 90 degrees to run with the element its putting them all out of sync for some reason. Is it possibly doing this because you can only do this with drafting textures and not model?

[Pattycake_Kyle]

@Anonymous I think what @AFatRat showed is the best bet for this type of a situation and along the lines of what i would do (given what it sounds like you need).

First question though would be what your end game is...

• Documentation Only - For a single instance: it might be best to *gasp* handle with a simple detail group (lines+filled regions covering your current 3d model)
• Documentation Only - For a couple instances: detail component (covering your current 3d model)
• 3D Model to also produce renderings/views - For a single instance: what @AFatRat showed
• 3D Model to also produce renderings/views - For a couple instances: 3D Custom built family

Really depends on what you need and your skill level.

[Sahay_R]

Interesting. Can you share a file?

[Anonymous]

worked perfectly, thank you lots for the help on this one!

[Anonymous]

it's okay I have managed to get the desired result, thank you for your help on this issue 🙂

[Anonymous]

you were right, AFatRats solution worked perfectly 🙂

[GarethWelsh]

I understand this is an old thread - but a railing is a much better way of doing this.

create a simple brick rail family.

create a railing - one row, the height of the brick required.

* maybe do it better than this knock up 😉