Pictures

You can add pictures to walls if the picture files are in JPEG, PNG or BMP format. The act of adding a picture file causes a copy of the file to be placed in the model's folder. This avoids fragile links being required across folders but does mean duplication if you use the same picture file in more than one model. We believe that this is a small price to pay in return for confidence that the model's folder will contain everything the model needs.

The default picture image looks like this:

 

We include two images for you to use freely as examples. Be careful of the copyright issues with other images. For example, ask permission of the vicar or parish priest if you want to include wall paintings from a church in your models.

These are an Annunciation and a Crucifixion created for us by Kitt:

Annunciation in the style of ???

Crucifixion in the style of ???

Here are the parameters used for pictures

Select image Use only BMP, JPEG or PNG images. If you are aiming to create a model to be viewed on the Internet then be careful with file sizes. Use an application like Paint Shop Pro to reduce image size.
Left offset Distance from left hand edge of the picture from the left end of the wall section.
Height above floor Distance of bottom edge of picture above bottom of wall section.
Width Width of the picture. The height is automatically adjusted to maintain the aspect ratio.

You can adjust the left offset and height above floor by dragging in the 2-D view.

Buttresses

Buttresses are treated as stacks of buttress sections. You can modify the parameters of individual buttress sections or the buttress as a whole. 

Buttress sections

Buttress section parameters

Parameters for a buttress are as follows:

Left offset Distance from the left end of wall
Angle The angle the buttress makes with the normal to the wall.

Ordinarily a buttress flat against the wall has 0 for this parameter as shown here on the left. However, buttresses where placed at corners as shown on the right to strengthen the corner. These are known as diagonal buttresses. In Church Builder, diagonal buttresses at the left end of a wall have angle parameter -45 degrees while at the right hand end it is +45 degrees.

Buttress normal to wall - angle is 0

Diagonal buttress - angle is - 45

Battlements

 Battlements can be added to the top of a wall. The parameters are:

Number of merlons A merlon is a "tooth" of the battlement.
Top height This is the height of the top of a merlon above the height of the original wall
Bottom height This is the height of the top of the gap between merlons above the original wall.
Width ratio This is the ratio of the width of a merlon to the width of the gap between merlons expressed as a percentage. 50% gives equal merlon width and gap width.

These are illustrated below:

You can also add battlements to gable end walls and select whether the tops are horizontal or sloping as shown below;

Horizontal topped battlements

Sloping topped battlements

Sideaisles

Sideaisles are attached to walls as three sided rectangular buildings whose roofs can be gable or just a single slope as shown below:

Single slope sideaisle

Gable ended sideaisle

The fourth side, against the owning wall is open. This is illustrated below where we can see the sideaisle through the arcade supporting the main nave wall:

   Sideaisle seen through arcade

Here are the parameters for the sideaisle

Left offset Distance of left end of sideaisle from left end of owning wall
Length Length of sideaisle
Breadth Breadth of sideaisle
Apex height Height from floor to top of sloping roof
Front height Height of sideaisle's lengthwise wall
Left apex projection

Right apex projection

 The projections enable the roof to be extended left and right to make it possible for two sideaisles to meet at right angles such as a nave sideaisle meeting a transept sideaisle as shown below:

Nave sideaisle with right apex projection and right wall removed  meets transept sideaisle with left apex projection and left wall removed.
   

 

Porches

Porches are rectangular buildings attached to the wall. The always have a gable wall and it it always facing outwards. The side facing the owning wall is open.

Here are the porch parameters:

 

Left offset Distance of left end of porch from left end of owning wall
Length Length of porch
Breadth Breadth of porch
Apex height Height from floor to top of sloping roof
Side height Height of porch's side wall
Apex projection The back end of the porch roof can be extended back to make a join with owning wall's roof as shown below::

Porch with apex projection joining the porch's roof with the sideaisle's.
Insertion We can move the porch into the wall.

 

Apses

Geometrically, apses are like porches except they can have round ends.

Here is an example:

     Apse at end of a sideaisle 

Apses sometimes placed on round walls as below

     Apses at the end of an apsoidal chancel.

The parameters for an apse are the same as those for a porch:

 

Left offset Distance of left end of apse from left end of owning wall
Length Length of apse
Breadth Breadth of apse
Apex height Height from floor to top of sloping roof
Side height Height of apse's side wall
Apex projection The back end of the apse roof can be extended back to make a join with owning wall's roof as shown below::

Apse with apex projection joining the apse's roof with the sideaisle's.
Insertion We can move the apse into the wall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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