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Zigzag indicating continuing wall

Tendenz
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I want to indicate that a wall continues on, but not in the drawing, by having a zigzag line at the end of the wall. Like in the attached image. How can I do this? ArchiCAD 23.
iMac OS X 11.6

2,3 GHz Intel Core i9, 16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4

ArchiCAD 25
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Hello Tendenz,

You are able to create a Patch about this : LINK
Christophe - FRANCE
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David Maudlin
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Tendenz:

Add a small bit of Wall at the end of the Wall using the Polygonal Geometry method. This will allow you to make a free form shape. Start the polygonal Wall at the end wall's reference line point so the two walls merge.

David
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Karl Ottenstein
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That symbol is called a break line and is most efficiently done with an object that has an opaque fill to one side of the zigzag line to mask the bits of wall that shouldn't show. Ideally scale-sensitive. Geoff Briggs wrote and shared a parametric one here 15 years ago, which is no longer showing up in searches. Maybe he or someone else might post such an object to share.
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Barry Kelly
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I found a break line object in BIMComponents just last week.
Just search for “break“ in the object settings and you should see it.

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Karl Ottenstein
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Barry wrote:
I found a break line object in BIMComponents just last week.
Thanks Barry. I tried searching there... but for the past week, a BimComponenets search just spins indefinitely for me.
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Barry Kelly
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Possibly this object is in the default GS USA library as well?
It is not in the AUS version.

Can you access BIMComponents directly though your browser Karl?
Definitely working for me.


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Karl Ottenstein
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Barry wrote:

Can you access BIMComponents directly though your browser Karl?
Definitely working for me.

Thanks, Barry. Tried Chrome just now and works there. Tracked my problem down to Safari blocking pop-up windows. Even though BIMComponents does NOT use a pop-up windows to display search results ... blocking pop-ups causes it to infinitely display the "searching" graphic. Enabled pop-ups from that site and that resolved it both there ... and now searches from the Object Settings Dialog (your screenshot) work again too. Hope that helps any other MacOS users.

Yes, the NCS 19 object is recommended for the original poster here.

Karl
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