topic Re: Composite wall - outside and inside lines not continuous in Modeling

Composite wall - outside and inside lines not continuous

jrmrt — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 23:52:52 GMT

We are working on a retrofit where we will be adding an air barrier and insulation over the entirety of the existing walls of the building. The way that we prefer to do this is to set the existing walls as existing, and then show the insulation addition to the wall as a separate wall, and set it in the new construction renovation filter.

The composite we made for the exterior improvement has a thick red line on the inside to symbolize the new air barrier. For some reason, on inside corners there is a break in the continuity of the red line. There is also a tiny discontinuity on the first material layer - see the image attached. When I change the Junction Order, all it does is to change the location of the discontinuity. Changing the layer priority also doesn't make a difference.

Hopefully, there is an easy fix that I'm not seeing. Thank you for any help!

I'm running AC 24 on a M1 MacBook Pro running OS 12.7.2 (Monterey)

Re: Composite wall - outside and inside lines not continuous

Barry Kelly — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 02:07:23 GMT

Go into your composite settings and turn on the end lines.

Sorry I only looked at one image.

I see in the other the end lines are on.

Be sure this is the wall you have used in the plan - it is usually the solution.

Barry.

Re: Composite wall - outside and inside lines not continuous

jrmrt — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 22:36:14 GMT

Thank you for the suggestion, but as you noted, the end lines are already turned on for this composite.

But, your suggestion did help me find the solution - the end lines need to match the pen number of the inside or outside line, depending on which material is strongest. For some reason, I thought that the pen number next to the material determined the pen number for the hatch pattern, which was obviously wrong. The hatch pattern parameters are in the Building Materials settings.

Either way, this works! Thank you! See image attached.