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Rubia Torres
I am just wondering how is it possible to get a different building material finish on one piece of wall. Say I have a grey cement cladding wall, but I wish to show a selected few of the claddings in a different color. I want to show this on elevations and 3D, how could I achieve this.
Help is always appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Andy
I am sure there is a wall accessory add-on that might help.
Don't ask me for specific names but I recall a tiling add-on that might do it.
Personally I would either just add a thin wall or maybe a beam or column (remember elements will try to automatically trim each other).
Or actually build it with different wall panels - so split the wall next to the window then stack 3 walls on top of each other at the heights you want and change the surface of the one in the middle.
When in doubt use the old motto - Model it as it is built.
They would be separate claddings on the front.
It would be too much trouble to add a separate cladding on the front (although this is what than add-on would do).
So rather than modelling the inside and outside of the wall separately just split and stack the walls where you want different finishes.
You can either override the surface or you could use a completely different composite with the same internal skins but a different external skin - then if you are not overriding the surfaces and you have your Building Materials set up correctly it will all be automated for you.
Barry.
Don't ask me for specific names but I recall a tiling add-on that might do it.
Personally I would either just add a thin wall or maybe a beam or column (remember elements will try to automatically trim each other).
Or actually build it with different wall panels - so split the wall next to the window then stack 3 walls on top of each other at the heights you want and change the surface of the one in the middle.
When in doubt use the old motto - Model it as it is built.
They would be separate claddings on the front.
It would be too much trouble to add a separate cladding on the front (although this is what than add-on would do).
So rather than modelling the inside and outside of the wall separately just split and stack the walls where you want different finishes.
You can either override the surface or you could use a completely different composite with the same internal skins but a different external skin - then if you are not overriding the surfaces and you have your Building Materials set up correctly it will all be automated for you.
Barry.
thinky0099 wrote:Not a problem.
Hi Barry, thanks for the advice, I think searching for an add-on is a bit troublesome, so what I did was just to create a complex profile wall with the desired material in the middle, then drew another wall next to it, it seems to work fine on plans and elevations and 3D so far.
Cheers!
thanks for always getting back!
I always forget about complex profile walls.
This is much better than stacking 3 walls on top of each other.
I am still a bit old school sometimes and this is what we did before complex profiles.
Barry.
Barry wrote:Hi Barry, that's what I would've tried to do as well if I had not watched a few tutorials on complex profiles and got to know it a bit.thinky0099 wrote:Not a problem.
Hi Barry, thanks for the advice, I think searching for an add-on is a bit troublesome, so what I did was just to create a complex profile wall with the desired material in the middle, then drew another wall next to it, it seems to work fine on plans and elevations and 3D so far.
Cheers!
thanks for always getting back!
I always forget about complex profile walls.
This is much better than stacking 3 walls on top of each other.
I am still a bit old school sometimes and this is what we did before complex profiles.
Barry.
Cheers,
Andy
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