topic Re: Wall End Core Offset in GDL

Wall End Core Offset

Lingwisyer — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 07:32:38 GMT

Hi all,

Any chance someone has modified the Wall End Wrapped object to get it to work with a Finish Thickness in some way?

Ling.

Re: Wall End Core Offset

Barry Kelly — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 08:54:49 GMT

I'm not quite sure what you mean.
The side wraps match the outer skin thicknesses whether they are a finish or a core and the end thickness is adjustable.
As for the fill it uses you can tell it to wrap the left or right skin.

Barry.

Re: Wall End Core Offset

Lingwisyer — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 01:26:47 GMT

Woops. Talking about the Returned option, but the Wrapped has the same issue.

The Wrapped and Returned options are limited to the extent of your walls reference line, so it will always align with the finish face rather than the core requiring the wall to be extended the finish thickness.

Ling.

Re: Wall End Core Offset

Barry Kelly — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 01:41:34 GMT

I am still not 100% clear on what you want.
Is this what you are trying to do?

Barry.

Re: Wall End Core Offset

Lingwisyer — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 02:16:22 GMT

The Wall End does not extend past the reference line and hence does not line up with other walls since it shortens the walls structure.

Re: Wall End Core Offset

Barry Kelly — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 03:32:39 GMT

Ah, I see what you mean.
I just experimented and a simple ADD command (needed in 2D & 3D scripts) will move the end.
So you could ADD the external skin thickness or give the user a parameter to adjust.
But of course it is not as simple as that.

Works OK with the wrapped end but not the return end - will need to extend the returning skins as well.

Maybe adding a complex profile column at the end instead is easier?

Barry.

Re: Wall End Core Offset

Lingwisyer — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 06:38:59 GMT

I am currently using complex columns.

I was hoping I could just shift the object placement, but had no success either with the Return End...

Ling.

Re: Wall End Core Offset

Barry Kelly — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 07:11:06 GMT

Lingwisyer wrote:
I was hoping I could just shift the object placement, but had no success either with the Return End...

Alas, no you can't just move them because they associate to the end of the wall.
You will have to edit the script to allow for them to be moved.
Pretty simple with just an ADD for the 'wrapped' end as that already extends the outer skins.
Not so easy with the 'return' end as that doesn't extend the return skins - just places a cap at the end.

Barry.