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Slanted wall end showing cut on floor plan

Anonymous
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I have a wall with a slanted end that extends to several stories. I need to make it show cut correctly on the floor plan of each storey (currently it shows the maximum extension of the wall on all stories)
I’ve created the slant using SEO, and I have the wall set to “show on all stories” and “show projected with overhead”
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Link
Graphisoft Partner
Graphisoft Partner
SEO's don't show in plan unfortunately. You may have better luck using the Wall End tool.

Cheers,
Link.
Anonymous
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I've attached an image of what I am trying to do, I don't think wall end tool does this.

PS something seems to be wrong with the site, I couldn't upload a 50KB JPG image, it only took PDF for some reason.
Thomas Holm
Booster
I think you can Trim this wall with a roof (that you hide or delete afterwards). Trim operations are static (unlike SEOs), they stay until you undo them and results show on the floor plans.
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Anonymous
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I just tried trim to roof, and it doesn't show the cut walls receding on the floor plans. Am I missing something here?
Thomas Holm
Booster
Sami, I'm sorry, sometimes my brain just short-circuits. I was at home when I wrote that post and could not test, and my memory just failed. I seem to remember I got this to work sometime, but... (you should never trust anyone who gives advice for free )

However, there is another solution that will work:
(I've tested this one)
Go to the home story of your wall that should be cut.
Draw a wall of the same height, perpendicular to the first.
Make the second wall slanted to the cut angle you want.
Adjust the first wall to the second so they clean up in plan.
Then move the second wall to a hidden layer.

You can now check your floor plans upward. The first wall will be shorter as required on every plan. It will at least look correct with its Floor Plan Display set as Cut Only, might not look as good Projected.

However, it will not have the correct ending. To get that, you will have to change the cut fill of the second wall so the core materials don't clean up. This will give the first wall a correct ending.

The weird problem with this method is that it won't work in 3D. I don't know why, you'll have to ask Graphisoft. (They sure have some work ahead!)

To get a correct 3D image, you will need to use SEO as well!. First wall Target, second wall Operator, Subtraction with upwards extrusion.

Now you have it!

And if you change the design, as long as you keep the first wall adjusted to the second, it will work.

Sorry for not finding this at once.

And, I've only tested this with solid walls. Composites might be problematic. But with solids, it might even work to make wall #2 just as long as wall #1 is thick. Then you might not have to hide #2. But I haven't tested this in more complex environments. Please report back if it works for you.

(edited for spelling, several times!)
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Anonymous
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Hi Thomas,
I'm not really getting consistent results with this, so I was going to experiment a little more. For the time being I resolved the issue using your solution with a little change, I divided my wall into separate walls on each floor, then adjusted each one to the second slanted wall (this one is a single wall extending several floors and placed on a hidden layer as you describe) and I’ve used SEO between the slanted wall and the separate walls. It shows properly in 3D and floor plan.
Thanks for your help
Thomas Holm
Booster
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