topic Re: Custom profiling walls in Modeling

Custom profiling walls

Anonymous — Thu, 25 May 2023 15:45:05 GMT

I am custom profiling a wall which has multiple components with different fills . I use the profile manager to create a profile by extending two of the fills downward to represent the exterior brickwork being laid along the slab footing. This works fine in creating the profile, but when I apply it to a wall the CutFill hatching disappears in floor plan view, but the relevant materials appear in elevation and 3D. Does anyone know how to fix this? I use Archicad12

Re: Custom profiling walls

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:38:09 GMT

Welcome to the Forum.

Can you add a screen shot or two showing your custom profile and the Plan representation?

Re: Custom profiling walls

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:13:31 GMT

Also, your Floor Plan Cut Plane settings may be of interest.

Re: Custom profiling walls

DaveOlufs — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:38:48 GMT

I too am building custom profile walls.

The walls need to vary in width and then I'm trying to add horizontal coursing. I can create the walls but the plan views are distorted. I've heard that if I create too many fills in the profiler, I can slow down modeling, so I've simplified the profiles but still no change in plan. Apparently, that makes no difference.

The model looks fine, plan looks terrible. The highlighted areas are patches to cover the exterior walls. I've created 10 different patches just for the back half of the building and probably need another 10 for the front half.

There must be a better way.

Re: Custom profiling walls

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:39:21 GMT

Please post an example!
My 2 cents would be that your wall is too short,
and is getting looked at from above by the floorplan cut-plane.
It happened to me just the other day and got me into
a wild goose chase for nothing.
🙂
Gil

Re: Custom profiling walls

DaveOlufs — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:59:01 GMT

Gil,

If you're responding to my composite wall question/comment... The wall is 20 foot high and the cutting plane is set at 4 foot.

If not, never mind.

Re: Custom profiling walls

Laszlo Nagy — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:54:21 GMT

Instead of saving those intersections as patches you can try to create profiles using the intended fill intersection patterns. Then you can assign each to a Column, place the Column at the intersection and it will cut itself from the Wall.