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Wall priorities and intersections

R Muller
Enthusiast
I am trying to clean up the intersections of some complex walls that I made in the Profile editor. Having a hard time understanding the instructions from the help menu.

First of all, when assigning priorities, is priority 1 considered to be "higher" or "lower" than priority 8? The English language is confusing is this respect. "First" priority is more important than "second" priority, but I don't know if ArchiCAD uses it the same way.

Second, what does it mean to assign "core component" status to a given element? How does this change how it will look in 2D intersections? Can there or should there be more than one element of the wall section with "core component" status?

Third, what do hotspots do if placed in the profile window? Do they do somethind special?
R Muller
AC 26 USA (20+ years on ArchiCAD)
MBP 64GB Apple M1 Max OS 12.1 Monterey
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Rod Jurich
Contributor
Chris wrote:
what a great graphic! I haven't had to get into modifying priorities, but I'll referencing this when I do.
I agree with the comments of others, Cecilia's graphic is excellent.

For those that intend using this to control your wall intersections
then remember you will also need to create as many different
wall composites
as you have different intersections.
Rod Jurich
AC4.55 - AC14 INT (4204) |  | OBJECTiVE |
Djordje
Ace
Cecilia, Graphisoft should hire you to do the manuals! Great work!
Djordje



ArchiCAD since 4.55 ... 1995
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Anonymous
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Hi, thanx for all the nice feedback. Glad it was of some help to you all.