How To Do Open Ended Brick Wall?

[leejk]

Hello,

I have searched the different posts here about brick walls but did not see what I am looking for. I need to do a pattern of concrete bin blocks, which normally are no more than 3 courses high because of their size. Where the ends are though, each course needs to be staggered back, but intersections work just like normal brick. Here is a photo of what I'm after: https://www.ohiomulch.com/products/99491-6-concrete-blocks

Any ideas on how that can be achieved? The spline layout would be like in the attached photo. I have modeled 3 different blocks that have random damage, so ideally would like RC to randomly pick from this pool as it constructs the wall. I sort of started out with a test scene but quickly realized I am not on the right track. The scene just has substitute models in it, but these block have slots that interconnect, so that will have to be accounted for too.

thx

[Paul Roberts]

Hi,

Thanks for the interesting question. Turns out that's trickier than it looks.

Please see the attached file for a possible solution. There are a few notes on how to use it.

- I've split the spline into two. One for the main U shaped spline, and another that contains the intermediary walls
- Vertices are set to Corners to create a corner, and Bezier-Corners to create a T junction
- There's a padding parameter that can either create a mortar joint or overlap bricks
- Bricks should be the same size on the X Axis. There are parameters to override the size if you want them or leave them at 0 to use the size of the original geometry

I hope that helps, let me know if there's anything else that you need.

All the best,
Paul

[leejk]

Thank you Paul. That is an impressive graph that I will study.