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Creating a triangular component

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Hi, can you help a relative newbie to FSDS 3.5.1
I am trying to create a triangular cross-section component to form the sloping roof section of a window on a Nissen hut. What is the best way to do it? I can create a template & extrude it to the length I want, but I find that sometimes it doesn't appear correctly. The item needs to be flat on the bottom, 4 ft wide by 6 ft long and 1.33 ft tall on one of the 6 ft edges (ie a right-angle triangle cross-section).
Many thanks,
 
#1 Try a three point cylinder, shaped to size.

#2 Create a plane, shape to size, copy/paste/flip-x

#3 Create a FOUR point cylinder, shape/scale to size and then delete the "unused" points.
 
Hi Felix,
Used your method #1 and it's done exactly what I wanted, so many, many thanks & it was so easy as well!
 
I'm glad it could help.

In modelling, I usually try to visualize what I'm modelling in as basic primitive objects as I can. From there it's a matter of using the modelling program to finish the primitive to the final shape.
 
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