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different materials for the same wall.

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:27:17 GMT

Hello all,
i m new to this site.
i've just started learning achicad and have a prob.
in my buillding, i've got a long wall what i want it to get different materials.

i don't know how to do this.

could anyone give me a hand.

Thanks alot for ur help

Re: different materials for the same wall.

vfrontiers — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:31:43 GMT

ar_raneem wrote:
Hello all,
i m new to this site.
i've just started learning achicad and have a prob.
in my buillding, i've got a long wall what i want it to get different materials.

i don't know how to do this.

could anyone give me a hand.

Thanks alot for ur help

Split the wall into pieces where the materials break. Often, it is a good idea to have different walls (or different composite walls) where materials change. Then you can allocate space in plan for items such as STONE VENEEERS, etc.

Re: different materials for the same wall.

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:56:23 GMT

thanks alot.

i was thanking about this solution but i was woundering if there is any others.

thanks again dear

Re: different materials for the same wall.

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:27:12 GMT

ar_raneem wrote:
in my buillding, i've got a long wall what i want it to get different materials.

You don't specify if you want different materials horizontal or vertically.

Duanes advice above applies more to vertical divisions in a wall (although you could break a wall down into horizontal parts if you wanted, but there is a better & easier way to do that).

For different materials horizontally you should consider using a complex profile assigned to a wall. You can individually split the wall into any number of components, apply a different material to each, and extrude everything along the whole length.

See this tech tip for an example - http://www.archicadwiki.com/TechNotes/Changing%20Materials%20of%20Complex%20Profile%20Walls

Re: different materials for the same wall.

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:28:31 GMT

ar_raneem, you've mentioned a long wall.

i think you can set the walls to different priority.

so they can not touch each other.

and you may set the material individually

Re: different materials for the same wall.

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:29:42 GMT

The walls should work just fine without having to touch the priorities. They are in a straight line so no joining is occuring anyway.

Re: different materials for the same wall.

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:09:28 GMT

Thank you very much guys.

i did appreciate ur help
now i can change my walls the way i want.

thanks again