Viking House Reconstruction

[JPR Illustration]

Hi all,

 

I am trying to recreate the remains of a viking house that was discovered during excavations in the centre of Dublin. I want to recreate the conditions of the house from when it was found. A part of this would be to create the 'wattled walls. Basically, I am wondering if any of you experts know or have any ideas on how to create this wattling - should I be using the pipe or tube method? If so, is there a quick command for tubes/pipes that weave around each other?

 

I have attached a pdf of the plan of one of these houses.

 

Thanks for your time. Any suggestions welcome!

Level 10 Detail-Layout2.pdfFetching info...

[ReMark]

I suppose you could use a polyline and either curve fit it or spline it then sweep a circle along this "path" to create your wattling.

[ReMark]

You could start with something similar to this but I can see where you are going to run into some problems as your structure grows in size.

[ReMark]

A little more weaving has been added. Just doesn't look random enough though does it?

[JPR Illustration]

Hi ReMark,

 

Thanks a million for your responses. More than I would have wished for!!

 

In fairness, that looks great. I am a bit of a novice using AutoCAD, so if you could tell me how you did this I would really appreciate it.

[ReMark]

I drew a circle. I copied the circle randomly.

 

I used the polyline command, with Orthomode disabled, and randomly drew a series of line segments in and around the circles. Next I used the PEdit command with the Spline option to make the line "snaky".

 

I extruded the circles to simulate posts.

 

I drew a circle and using the Sweep command swept it along the snaky polyline I previously created.

 

I copied this vertically at a set distance.

 

I created a second snaky line and repeated the process.

 

This weave could get tiresome to make. It does not look random enough and I think you'll run into other problems depending on the size and shape of your structure.

 

I think you need to look at a different way of doing this.

[JPR Illustration]

I have attached a pdf of a small section of the remains of a wattle wall (Drawing6-Layout1). This has been planned accurately on site. My problem is I need to reconstruct the drawing according to the site plans and come up with something along the lines of the second pdf I have attached (FS90-Layout1) – in this drawing, I have placed some of the vertical posts (height ranging from 10 – 15cm). I need to accurately place some of the wattle that remains around the posts.

 

What you have done so far is very, very helpful. If you want to give drawing6 a go, you are more than welcome but it seems like a tricky problem...

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[ReMark]

I could not hope to recreate your wattle wall using AutoCAD unless I were to win the lottery, quit my job, and buy my dream CAD computer. Anyway, in my opinion, with nothing more than a plan view there is no way to accurately reproduce the wattle in terms of diameter, shape, height, angle, etc.

[JPR Illustration]

Haha, I'll keep my fingers crossed you win the lottery so!!

 

Thanks a million for your help. Very much appreciated...

[ReMark]

Wait a minute...did you just want a 2D plan view of the site?

[JPR Illustration]

No, looking to recreate the site as it was dug. Basically create a 3d model of the remains of the house that has been planned in 2d.

[ReMark]

I take it you no longer have access to the site?