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Help with custom wall

Anonymous
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Just wanted to know if this is possible.

I am doing a wall, which is 2400mm high. And what I want is the first 500mm to be normal plasterboard, but then the top 1900mm to be weatherboards. Is there a way to achieve this without using two different walls sitting on top of each other or is that the logical solution?

Ive been using a fill to make the weatherboards currently, but since these are more presentation drawings, I'd like the shadow to be shown correctly and not covered by a fill.

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vistasp
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Read up the help files on "complex profiles". These should do what you need.
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David Maudlin
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This can be accomplished by creating a Complex Profile. In the Help files see: Elements of the Virtual Building > Construction Elements > Place a Wall/Column/Beam with a Complex Profile > Creating or Editing a Complex Profile Element.

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Anonymous
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Thanks for the help guys, Ive used complex profiles with beams but hadnt experimented with walls before, really handy feature.