topic Re: getting walls to intersect cleanly?? in Modeling

getting walls to intersect cleanly??

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:20:09 GMT

Im having a few problems with getting walls to join up properly in some places were more than just 2 walls intersect.. is there anyways I can get them to clean up and join correctly???

Re: getting walls to intersect cleanly??

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:02:13 GMT

Your reference lines have to intrsect.

Re: getting walls to intersect cleanly??

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:40:52 GMT

ahh ok.. so just a matter of flipping them around til it works?

Re: getting walls to intersect cleanly??

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:56:18 GMT

some places it works, and some places it wont

Re: getting walls to intersect cleanly??

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:55:30 GMT

Or if you're lazy like me with both walls selected hit "Clt + I" and archicad will automatically intersect them.

(Edit -> Reshape -> Intersect)

Re: getting walls to intersect cleanly??

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:18:51 GMT

If there is no way you can make it work because it is so complicated, use one or more Polygonal Walls to model that intersection.
You may need more than one because a Polygonal Wall cannot have a hole in it on the Floor Plan so you may have to model it out of two.

Re: getting walls to intersect cleanly??

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:16:18 GMT

I've found that the cleanest intersections occur when the reference line is either centered or if using composite walls moved to the center of the core (Design Menu/Modify Wall/Reference Line - Offset - To Center of Core). But you need to play around with what works in your situation.

Re: getting walls to intersect cleanly??

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:53:49 GMT

cheers guys, ill give them 3 ideas a go and see which works best for me
i have a feeling the centered ref line will probably sort it out...

Re: getting walls to intersect cleanly??

Djordje — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:35:05 GMT

The builder will love you ... 😉

Just extend the top portion of the box to the inclined wall on the left. That is how it is going ot be built anyway. Did you ever try to plaster an acute angle that you can hardly reach? 😉

Re: getting walls to intersect cleanly??

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:58:11 GMT

nah thats just an engauged peir in teh sub floor. wont be seen or plastered