Earth fill

How do I go about modelling earth fill on a site that is sloping and has sand added to make a level building area? The floor/roof slab command has only one set thickness. I suppose I could do it as a very wide wall. What do you think about it I suggest to use “zero thickness…

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How to use specular color and coefficient?

How to use specular color and coefficient? All materials have a diffuse color and a specular color, which can be different. If so, the color of the material changes depending on the position of the light. The specular coefficient changes the aspect of the material, giving it a more plastic or metallic appearance. With RayShade an…

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Textures

I would like to add texture to a 3D perspective, but when I “paste” a fill to the floor, it is visible only in 2D. In the 3D view you can use photorealistic textures. Go to the Colors parameters, associate a texture to a color, activate the texture check box on the color parameters dialog…

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Sun blinds

How can I draw trapezial sun blinds ?

If your blinds are vertical, you can use the Slab elements. Simply draw a slab with the section of one element of the blinds. After, duplicate the element with the right offset.

Furnitures

I want to design a hexagonal apartment starting from its inhabitants and the furniture, then defining the walls. I’d like to do the geometric transformation afterwards. First choose your furniture from DomusCad Folder ->Object Libraries->3D (or 2D) Libraries->Furniture and place it where you wish inside the hexagon. If you want to transform any furniture elements,…

Arch thickness

When viewed in 3D , the top of arch/vault looks like it is the correct thickness,, but it tapers down to a point at the bottom ends Any suggestion on how to correct this ,so that the arch’s maintain the same thickness from bottom to top? cheers The slab thickness is always considerated in the Z…

Columns

Any tips you might have on making a Column would be helpful! If the section of a column is a rectangle, treat it as a simple wall with the desired dimensions. For a circular column, you can use circular slabs as in the example below – let’s suppose that we want a circular column with…

How to insert library objects

I have difficulty with putting furniture in my drawings. When I choose a piece of furniture, it appears in the bottom left of my screen in a “fade” Grey color. I then move it to the place I want it, but once I click on it, it disappears. The same happens with windows also.  You have…

Suspended treads

My staircase has suspended treads which rest on two metal beams. I drew the treads, the IPE in 2D and I gave my slab a thickness of 2 meters. Now I want to rotate the beams and align them under the stair treads with a slope of 17 cm / 25 cm or 68 %.…