topic Re: overriding wall surface issue in Libraries & objects

overriding wall surface issue

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 07:30:46 GMT

Hello.
I have a wall, to which I applied a building material (Surface-White).
What I actually want is to override this material in the model and apply, but only to the edges, a brick surface.
But when I select Brick for the edges, all surfaces of the wall become Brick.
What am I missing?
Thank you.

Re: overriding wall surface issue

David Maudlin — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:12:25 GMT

igreere:

In your screen shot, you have selected Brick-Face for the interior face, not the edges. The Edge selection is the middle option.

David

Re: overriding wall surface issue

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:21:16 GMT

Thank you for your answer.
You are right, but it looks quite the same when I check the middle button.
Just a little mention on the picture:
The window is placed in a larger wall, into which I also placed a niche.
The niche's surface is brick, so that is why there is some brick on the wall.

Re: overriding wall surface issue

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 08:12:40 GMT

I finally figured it out. The wall was not the issue. The window settings were wrong. In Wall Opening > Wall Opening Surface, I had ticked Same as Wall Side instead of Same as Wall Edge and since the surfaces were different...
Thank you anyhow for your help.