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Very basic question on exterior walls.

Anonymous
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I just need some opinions. Is it better when working with exterior walls to have one wall continuing through all floors or have seperate walls on different slabs.
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Rafal SLEK
Advocate
Better choice is one wall for whole building option. If this wall is not simple you could easy model profiled wall.
Best
Rafał
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Anonymous
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depends on what you're doing really...
i like one piece walls where i have no windows, same material, etc but when more stuff comes along like windows, then i like the floor to floor option...
how long is a piece of string?
Barry Kelly
Moderator
I prefer to have separate walls for each floor.
I think this makes it easier to work on each floor plan but then I started Archicad before multi-storey walls were around.

The big benefit of a multi-storey (continuous) wall is for when you want a window or opening that spans between floors or if you need an inclined wall.

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