Triple Arch Opening supported by 2 columns?

[Bob Sweet]

Daniel,
Here is another approach you can try if your columns are not large enough to wrap around the wall segments between the doors.

Place 2 hinged doors in your plan. Using the door dbx change one door to be the proper size of your arch. You can then copy and paste this to create your other arches (assuming they are all the same size). Move the arched doors into the proper position. Keep the regular door off to one side. All of your doors should be hinged doors at this time. If you changed them to openings you will not be able to select them in the next step.

Take a backclip cross section view of the wall with your doors. In the cross section view select each door and drag the bottom up to the height of your columns. Next you will need to select the regular door and drag or set it’s height to the height of your columns. Once you have your heights set control drag the regular door under the arched doors and stretch it to fill the space completely.

At this point your wall should look pretty ugly. Now you will need to select each door and change it to a doorway. Once it is changed to a doorway you will not be able to select it in a cross section. The next step is to switch back to plan view, add your columns, and set their height. Now you can control drag your columns into the proper position.

Your arches are now complete. However, when you take a camera view the thresholds of the arched doorways will show up. You can get rid of them by zooming in close and use the “Delete Surface” tool. Unfortunately they will return again the next time you take a camera view. Hope this helps by giving you an alternative.

Regards…Bob