Complex Profile wall intersctions

[Anonymous]

I’m having trouble with Complex Profile walls
and intersections. Along with InInconsistency
I’ve changed the Layers Intersection Priorities until
I’m blue in the face, (see image for other color).
Check and rechecked the fill priorities in the C.P.Wall dialog.
Re-read Cecilia’s excellent post:
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=21383&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0
Re-read AC12 Manual page, 228 reading Wall intersection 2D display.
But somehow I’m just not getting it no matter how I rearrange wall directions, Wall
Priority groups, fill priorities values and on and on it seems.
By now my head is spinning and no “head-wrap” is happening.

More specific settings info in attached image.
Yes I know some of shown intersections are done wrong but even the ones I think I
have right are not working as I think they should except for the upper right (10-8 skins)
passing through the 8-8 skins.
Also read Rod’s older excellent post:
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=100400&highlight=intersection+priorities#100400
My FPCP is set to 4’ (and my C.P. walls are 8’) so cut should not allow different plate fills to cause problem?
So Please; What black magic am I missing?
Current AC build and Library.

Can’t there just be button that says: “just make it so” for this saved view?
In other words, for when multiply dialogs control certain view settings can’t AC know this and
provide a special dialog box with all the required settings you will need for stated effect?
An intelligent data base kinda thing?

[Karl Ottenstein]

Brandon wrote:
Also I find it is easier to work with wall intersections if you place the reference line of a wall on the inner side of core material. You can do this by selecting your wall and going to the Design pull down menu< Modify Wall< Reference Line.

I would say either side of the core. Inner or outer depends on the needs and usage in my experience. Typically, for exterior walls, IMHO the reference line should be on the outside of the core in order to align with the structural support (concrete stem wall/plate, beam, whatever) below - particularly via magic wanding. This location also guarantees that structural modifications will not require the movement of any elements - they will grow or shrink relative to the reference line properly, maintaining the designed building footprint.

Do note that with complex profile walls, the Modify Wall menu does not work. With CP walls, the reference line location is determined by the origin in the CP editing window. This can be a blessing because you cannot make an error with the line location if you modify the structure...but can be a curse because 3-way angled intersections can become impossible with a single CP since Modify Wall will not let you move the reference line if required to get a clean intersection, resulting in the need to create yet another profile simply to have the reference line on the other side of the core. I can only hope that a future version of AC will resolve all of the 'gotchas' with CP elements.

Cheers,
Karl