extending composites

[Anonymous]

Hey everyone,
somewhere i saw a video explaining how to adjust skins in composites so they can overlap other elements. like if i had rigid insulation skin on the outside of a composite wall and i wanted that skin to hang down from the bottom of the wall so it would overlap the floor framing. can someone point me to a tutorial or something?
wb

[Karl Ottenstein]

You might be thinking of extended skins in (complex) profiled walls, vs composites. But, if you're thinking of composites, then you'd need to use solid element ops.

See:
http://www.archicadwiki.com/WallSlabIntersections

http://www.archicadwiki.com/ModelingRelatedWallsAndSlabs

http://www.archicadwiki.com/CompositeWallsWithVaryingSkinHeights

Cheers,
Karl

[Anonymous]

ah, i don't know. my concern is that i get accurate results with the energy evaluation. i need the appropriate material characteristics throughout. will complex profiles behave the same way in the energy evaluation?
wb

[Karl Ottenstein]

wildernessbob wrote:
ah, i don't know. my concern is that i get accurate results with the energy evaluation. i need the appropriate material characteristics throughout. will complex profiles behave the same way in the energy evaluation?
wb

Unfortunately, no. The energy calc ignores the skins of a profiled wall.... So doing tricks with composites ...as in the linked articles ... will have to be the route you take.

[Anonymous]

thanks, i'll give it a go.
wb