I'm trying to "build" a fence along the property line and my lot has curved (R = 20') corners and I haven't figured out how, or if, this can be done. Is it possible?
Thanks!
I don't think fences can be curved like walls using the "curve" tool as it is not available in fence properties.
You could make a curved thin wall and apply a "fence" texture (including magenta color for transparency between fence boards) that might work OK.
Another more difficult alternative is to find or make a curved fence using a 3D program for making models such as blender, Sketchup, Hexagon, etc. and import a .3ds or .obj model into TFP....and you can have any shape you want.
It may be easier to export a TFP fence section and modify it in one of those programs...they all can curve or bend an object...should be quite easy....then import it back to TFP.
Curved fences should not be a problem without having to resort to other programs. It depends of course what style of fence you are talking about. If it is a post and rail fence, then in real life you are still going to have posts with straight rails - this is not a problem for TFP. Just follow the curve and click every so often and it will put a post where you click with straight rails between. Most curved fences are actually just a series of straights anyway. See image.
If it is a brick fence then that will curve anyway and there are concrete fences in the program. You can also get a perfect curve or circle if you use the Edging tool. It will curve like a wall and there are several options for this. In the image the two foreground curves are the edging tool one with lattice as the texture, while the complete circle uses a vertical wood paneling texture. If you have a perfect curve or circle, use the Layout toolbar to draw the arc or circle, right click it and choose Convert to Edging.
What type of fence did you have in mind? (as there are a number of other options also).
Allan
Thank you for the replies.
I'm just putting in a standard picket fence to be able to see the property lines. Using short sections of straight fence should do the trick, I just though it might be possible to follow the existing curve of the site boundary I'd already established.