Door threshold credibility gap
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2014-06-27
04:39 PM
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08:58 AM
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Rubia Torres
Finished floor level is set at '0'. Slabs of 15mm thickness are used to create various floor coverings such as wood, carpet etc. In 2D 'cover fills' generate our floor finishes drawing, and in 3D we get an accurate visual representation of floor finishes from room to room using this method.
Another slab is used for an entire floor area to indicate a structural slab in section. The top of the structural slab is set at -15mm.
The walls are set at -15mm up to ceiling height. This however means that when you place a door, I get this problem of not being able to 'see' my floor coverings meeting in the doorway. Why?
Lifting the door up to +15mm means I can see wall. Am I meant to be using this combination of elements in a different way to eliminate this problem?
This is in AC18. Thanks in advance.
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2014-06-27 04:40 PM
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2014-06-28 10:30 AM
Other option if door dimensions are critical would be to create a threshold slab and SEO subtract it from the wall.

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2014-06-28 02:21 PM
I cannot tell from your screen shots: does the floor coverings Slab go into the door opening, under the Wall, or stop at the face of Wall. Also check the Building Material's Intersection Priority of the Wall and floor coverings Slab, the Wall may be cutting the Slab.
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2014-06-28 07:47 PM
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2014-06-28 08:35 PM
Is there a problem with composites?
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2014-06-29 03:58 PM
I think it is the more correct way to do BIM, at least when you have to manage all the disciplines (structures, block works, finishings, etc). So we model our project according the way it is built.
So we model a slab for structural purpose, and slabs for floor finishings. The same for block works and wall finishings.
Usually we model the thresholds. In fact We put the door at 10cm above the structural slab and increase the hole of the door downward so that we need to model the threshold. This helps us also for quantity take off. We don't use the thresholds included in the doors
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2014-06-29 10:23 PM
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2014-06-30 07:30 AM
uisanata wrote:Reality is usually much more complicated than composites possibilities.
It's true that you should model the way it's built, but there is no reason why you shouldn't use the composites. Two slabs on top of each other must be a pita to model / modify / update. The same with wall finishings. How do you insert a window or a door in multiple walls?
Multiple walls = multiple doors. For example when we model stone cladding we insert a door in the block work and an empty door(I mean just the hole)in the cladding (which isusually done with a double wall parallel to the main block work wall)
In this way we can control the model in a perfect way. Of course we have an addintional amount of work. But usually we do this when we have to produce construction drawings.
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