Polycarbonate sheet components?

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Hello,
Are there models for corrugated polycarbonate sheets available? I didn’t see any in the 3D library.
This is for a deck overhead.
Thanks

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That’s not something that would be very difficult to model. Do you have a particular manufacturer and model number in mind?

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Thanks.
I have not been able to model a clear corrugated sheet. Are there any tutorials?
I donwloaded a Suntuf sheet, but resizing and scaling are also issues I need to learn.

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Here’s the Suntuf profiles. Which one to do you want?
SUNTUF_SunSky_Profile_Catalog_71753_latest_2.pdf (986.9 KB)

Don’t bother trying to reproduce the finer details.

I would only be resizing in length. No need for scaling. Just use Push/Pull. You might need to trim a panel in width but that’s probably most easily done by drawing a cut line on the end and then Pushing away the waste.

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403 looks simple enough, but really its just for illustrative purposes so anything will work at this stage

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Would 3801 work?
SunTuf 3801.skp (101.9 KB)

I didn’t make a ridge cap for this example.

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It looks great. I’m on 2019 skp version though

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SunTuf 3801.skp (101.8 KB)

Time to upgrade.

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Thanks! Your model seems to automatically scale itself. The ones from 3D warehouse were difficult to size and scale.

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I don’t know what you mean. Mine is a simple component made to the width specified in that PDF file. There are 4 instances of the component in the file I uploaded. The only resizing you should be doing to it is changing its length which can be done with Push/Pull or ripping a panel down to make a narrower one which can be done by editing the component, drawing a vertical line along the end where you want to cut it off and pushing the waste to the other end.

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Understood. Thanks again.

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Any advice for finishing the chamfer surface? I tried selecting the edges and using ‘from contours’ without luck.post:chamfer.skp (124.1 KB)

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Connect the end points of the vertical edges. Then use Curviloft to finish the ends.

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Hi DaveR! Hi TC! I realise this is an older query, but I’m just about to draw a large timber-frame greenhouse and I’m looking for a similar component. This one will be 8mm “twin wall” poly panels - they’re square tubes side-by-each, I believe generally 2’W by whatever length you want. I could probably make the component fairly easily, but I’m lazy, and I was hoping maybe one or other or both of you might have come across something like this? Happy Sketching! Adrian

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I could do it for you but with current projects in the queue you would either have to wait a while or pay for it.

It does look like a simple thing to model but I can’t help but think if you’re too lazy to make the component yourself, how will you model the rest of the greenhouse?

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Ha!
Thanks so much for offering!
I have a little time now to build it, it’s just the kind of thing I can’t exactly bill clients for.
However, it gives me incentive to figure out how to upload it to the warehouse so other people can use it.
I might hit you up for some ideas there once it’s done.

Thanks again, Dave!

Enjoy your day!