topic walls dissappear in building section model in Modeling

walls dissappear in building section model

Gus — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:33:08 GMT

Why do certain walls show up in the plan but not show up in the building section?

Re: walls dissappear in building section model

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:56:36 GMT

More information is needed about your specific problem. You can't expect others to imagine/explain all the possible reasons this could happen. A screen shot with a little explanation of what you are trying to accomplish should do the trick.

Re: walls dissappear in building section model

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:11:05 GMT

Are these walls on a layer that is hidden in the "layer combination" for that section view?

Re: walls dissappear in building section model

Gus — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:15:19 GMT

I am trying to get a building section to show up properly. I would like all of the walls that are in the plan to show up in the building section model. As of now about 80% of the walls show up but the other walls are simply not included in the section, as if they were turned off completely. I can see instead all the objects that lie behind the missing walls. If I were doing this properly I shouldn't be able to see those objects at all because they would be behind the walls in the section view. I'm sorry, I don't know how to do screen shots. Hopefully this is more descriptive.

Re: walls dissappear in building section model

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:45:36 GMT

If you include some information in your signature, like AC version and operating system we could help you better.

Screenshots in Windows: PrntScrn button, paste into image editor

Mac: Apple+Shift+4 and use cursor to pick area of screen.

Regarding your wall problem, is there a possibility that you have two walls in exactly the same location (on the same OR different layers) as these will cancel each other out in section?

Re: walls dissappear in building section model

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:50:35 GMT

It begins to sound like you have duplicate walls occupying the same space. They will cancel each other in 3D and thus appear transparent (or nonexistent).

Re: walls dissappear in building section model

Gus — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:06:14 GMT

Attached are two screen shots

Re: walls dissappear in building section model

Gus — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:14:27 GMT

second screen shot

Re: walls dissappear in building section model

Gus — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:15:21 GMT

there is only one wall.
There are no walls on top of one another.

Re: walls dissappear in building section model

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:39:33 GMT

Maybe I'm missing something, but which walls are not showing up? If there are not duplicate walls, have you checked wall elevations and layer settings?

Re: walls dissappear in building section model

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:49:29 GMT

What objects do you see in the section that you should not
be able to see because there is a wall in front of them in plan ?
Peter Devlin

Re: walls dissappear in building section model

Gus — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:04:20 GMT

scratch that.
there was a wall over another one
problem solved
Thank you all very much
much appreciated
Aloha