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PBC and walls

Dave Seabury
Advocate
In the attached image I thought that the dbl top plate would be subtracted from the wall using PBC. If I rotate the rim joist and top plates (a complex profile) 90 degrees to the wall it works as expected, however, when placed parallel to the wall (as shown) the connection is not made. I have the reference line on the same side. Shouldn't this work?

Thanks

David
AC 19-24 Windows 10 64 bit, Dell Prercision 7820, Xeon Silver 2414R ( 12 Cores), 64 GB Ram, Quadro RTX 4000 8GB
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Barry Kelly
Moderator
No PBC does not work when the reference lines are parallel.
They must cross (intersect) for the PBC to work.

Barry.
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Dave Seabury
Advocate
Then SEO it shall be.

Thanks Barry

Dave
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Link
Graphisoft Partner
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Or just change the reference line of your wall?

Cheers,
Link.
Dave Seabury
Advocate
Barry and Link

I guess I gave up to soon, it does work!

At a corner the reference lines must cross at the adjoining wall
and the connection is made. If I delete the wall on the left, the
connection is dropped.

Success!

David
AC 19-24 Windows 10 64 bit, Dell Prercision 7820, Xeon Silver 2414R ( 12 Cores), 64 GB Ram, Quadro RTX 4000 8GB
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