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Gap in sections through composite walls

Anonymous
Not applicable
In trying to find a quick and dirty way of creating a drawing to show exterior bracing I'm attempting to use a section that runs through several composite walls along the exterior sheathing.


However, doing this I get a gap (denoted by the red box) in the actual section and I cannot seem to remedy this.


It's seemingly related to the direction in which the walls were drawn and where the walls connect. When drawing from left to right the gap is shown on the right of the bump-out as shown in the image above. When drawing from right to left the gap is on the left side of the bump-out.

The only thing I can come up with is that the walls at the top right corner of the bump out do not really "intersect" as it would seem. Despite showing as intersected on the floor plan view the walls must not really be connected and the top right wall only starts at the right corner of the brick and extends to the right from there. If so then it is quite deceiving for ArchiCAD to display the walls as intersecting on the floor plan and not show the same on the sections. If someone knows of a method to remedy this I would greatly appreciate any suggestions. Thank you in advance.
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Djordje
Virtuoso
Try moving the vertical parts of your section to the edge of one of the composite layers. You are cutting through the insulation or the air space, therefore there is no edge to be seen. But, at least the top and the bottom lines should be there ...
Djordje



ArchiCAD since 4.55 ... 1995
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Anonymous
Not applicable
I've tried moving the section cut lines everywhere and I still get the same result. I've cut through every material in the composite as well as placing the section at the edge of every material in the composite and the gap remains.

When viewing the section, if I drag the vertical edge of the right most wall to meet the wall on the other side of the gap the result is this: