Hello,
- I understand that Style layers sharing the same section properties join. The following image has two wall styles each with solid hatch section but different color.
They get joined, the edge disappears. I was expecting an edge since they may have same solid hatch but they do not share the same color.
- [quote=“Francesc Salla, post:8, topic:141933, username:fsalla”]
In VisualARQ 3 slabs and walls calculate their intersection automatically.
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In the following image multilayered walls do not automatically intersect with multilayered slabs.
Normal and core settings are not being applied to the model, even with vaupdate. Red notation 1 is the expected result according to the core/normal settings of the multilayer wall and multilayer slab, it does not happen automatically but only after running add interference between the slab and the wall.
So it seems there is not an automatic interaction between multilayer walls and multilayer slabs. Btw applied add interference gets lost randomly between elements and you need to rerun it, if you by chance notice the issue while plotting or working in the viewport.
Red notation 2 is an automatic result, the core layer of the wall does not cut the normal layers of the slab. The top normal layer of the slab goes right through the core layer of the wall. But right above it, the bottom normal layer of the slab does not.
Same happens with walls and columns randomly. Most of the times columns cut as core items through walls, but many times they dont.
- Regarding the suggestion to prefer working with multilayered walls, because stacked single layer walls do not work, i believe (besides adding support and correct functionality of stacked wall styles) you need to reconsider the insertion base point that defines the alignment of the wall styles. For multilayered walls left right and center might not be suitable for anything.
Lets consider the following multilayer wall case.
The wall needs to “sit” on the slab at the blue AP alignment point. As you can see in this wall the center is totally irrelevant and the left and right could work with the alignment offset option.
The alignment option is found only in the item properties, which makes is too tedious and prone to errors, to set the alignment offset for every new multilayer wall you insert. So i believe multilayer walls need to either have an option where you choose which wall layer gets the alignment/insertion point (where left right or center is applied) or have the option of alignment offset in the multilayer wall style options (which you can override if you want, like the wall height).
- This has been discussed and expressed as a wish elsewhere by other users too, please consider adding a top and bottom wrap or cap option to multilayer walls.
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Regarding the multilayer slabs and their alignment offset, its the same discussion as the multilayer walls. Please add the option to choose which layer gets the level height top bottom or center alignment point, or have the offset alignment option in the slab style.
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Similar to walls top bottom wrap or cap options, slabs in general, but especially multilayer slabs need to have a wrap/cap or layer option for their sides. This has already been discussed as a wish and i have seen this workaround, but zero width layers are a problem down the road to schedules etc.
Please see attached file for further wall to slab interaction details.
wall test.3dm (6.6 MB)
best,
alex.
edit 01 i work with version 3.4.3.20093 20025-07-15
edit 02 having an alignment point set to a user given layer, i believe would also enable to add layers or change their thickness to a wall, and then negate the need to reposition the wall. At the moment any change and you need to reset the alignment offset value.
