topic Re: Magic Wand not detecting fully enclosed walls in Modeling

Magic Wand not detecting fully enclosed walls

Mykee — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 03:59:33 GMT

Has something changed in AC26 regarding the magic wand? I am trying to add a slab within a wall envelope (fully closed reference lines. and it's simply not detecting it. Its only highlighting and detecting underlying slabs and fills but not walls? I've tested with a simplistic box enclosure and the Wand simply doesn't detect it it just throws up the "Region not Found" error (image attached). Ive fiddled with the Wand settings with no avail....

Note: this was a legacy file from AC24 brought up to AC26, Win 11, Intel i7 13700, 32Gb Ram

Re: Magic Wand not detecting fully enclosed walls

Steve Jepson — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:50:26 GMT

I managed to reproduce the "operator error" 😉

The way I did it may not be what is causing your problem. Basically, I tried to place a slab that was going to end up in a place where there are no walls actually surrounding it -- even though were I was placing it I could see the walls. Its a matter of assigned floors and what is and is not visible. Hard to explain but you get the idea I am sure. I extended some walls on the first floor up to through the second floor, were visible on the third floor, but the bottom of the walls were above where I was placing the slab.

Re: Magic Wand not detecting fully enclosed walls

Lingwisyer — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 08:16:46 GMT

Projected walls do not count as boundaries as far as I know. Unsure what will happen if your change your walls to symbolic cut, magic wand your area, then change your walls back to projected.