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Show line between abutting walls in plan

EH21
Booster
Is there a way to show a solid line between abutting wall segments in plan view? These are walls that change in height along the length of wall (not at corners), and I'd like to show a break line across the wall to indicate where the wall changes height.

Please see images attached. The first image shows the plan view without any walls selected. The second and third images show where the different wall segments are. The last image shows my wall settings are set to show "Both" under "Wall End Lines."

Thanks for your time and help!
ArchiCAD: AC26, Version 4024 USA Full (Apple Silicon)
Computer: 2022 Apple M1 Max, 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 64 GB memory
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Barry Kelly
Moderator
JohnJay wrote:
Not sure if I've misunderstood but have you tried putting the walls on different layers?
Yes that will work if the layers have different intersection priority numbers.
Or they can be in the one layer if that layer has an IP number of 0 (zero) - then nothing in that layer will trim - may not be what you want.

Here is another similar post with solutions.

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=73708

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
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Barry Kelly
Moderator
Unfortunately, if the walls have the same fill (building material) in the composite, they will blend in plan.
Even when they are different heights.

If the low walls are below the Floor Plan Cutting Plane and the adjacent walls pass through it, Then you can set their 'Floor Plan Display' as 'Projected with Overhead' and you should see the joining line.
But if adjacent walls are both below or being cut by the FPCP, they will again blend.


Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
EH21
Booster
Thank you for the feedback!
ArchiCAD: AC26, Version 4024 USA Full (Apple Silicon)
Computer: 2022 Apple M1 Max, 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 64 GB memory
JohnJay
Expert
Not sure if I've misunderstood but have you tried putting the walls on different layers?
AC27 | i7990x | RTX4070 | W10
Solution
Barry Kelly
Moderator
JohnJay wrote:
Not sure if I've misunderstood but have you tried putting the walls on different layers?
Yes that will work if the layers have different intersection priority numbers.
Or they can be in the one layer if that layer has an IP number of 0 (zero) - then nothing in that layer will trim - may not be what you want.

Here is another similar post with solutions.

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=73708

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
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