Wall modeling - Unlocking wall layers

Tutorial resources

These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:

vertical-compound-walls_002.rvt

Transcript

00:04

Now looking at the projecting walls at the rear of the building,

00:08

we can see that they align to the underside of the roof

00:11

as shown in the image here.

00:14

And ideally,

00:15

we would like to finish layers to continue up in

00:17

front of the roof to give us a cleaner junction.

00:21

We can achieve this by unlocking the top of the finish layers in the wall type

00:27

so that they can extend separately

00:29

to the rest of the war.

00:32

So in order to do this

00:33

with one of the walls selected,

00:35

we'll click edit type from the top of the properties

00:38

and then we need to access the assembly again.

00:41

So we'll choose edit next to the structure parameter.

00:45

And we can see we have the finish layers here

00:48

and our preview is still in section view. So

00:51

we'll choose zoom in region to zoom into the very top of the wall.

00:57

And it's these three layers here that we need to

00:60

extend up in front, separate to the main structure of the wall.

01:04

So from the modify vertical structure, we'll click, modify

01:09

and now we can click the top edge of those layers

01:13

at which point will be presented with a padlock which we

01:15

can then click to unlock the edge of those layers.

01:18

let's repeat this for the other two layers here,

01:21

clicking on the top edge and unlocking the padlock.

01:25

And that means that these will now be able to

01:27

extend separately to the main structure of the wall.

01:31

So now click, modify to disable it

01:34

and we'll click OK to save these changes and OK again, to apply these to the wall.

01:40

Now, as we zoom in, we can see we have two drag controls at the top of the wall here.

01:45

And if we drag the outer one,

01:47

just the finishes

01:48

are extended

01:50

and looking in the properties, we can see the unconnected height.

01:53

And below that,

01:54

we have a top extension distant parameter

01:58

for the layers that we've unlocked,

01:59

which is just those finishes in front of the wall.

02:02

02:03

let's select the roof

02:04

and we can see that this is the generic

02:09

we can see the thickness is 1 ft thick.

02:12

So now

02:13

we'll select the walls that we want to extend in front of the roof.

02:16

So using the control key, we can multiple, select those walls.

02:22

And then in the properties,

02:24

we can see the top extension distance currently varies

02:27

because of the different walls we have selected.

02:29

02:30

we'll set them all to be 1 ft.

02:33

And then once this is applied, we can see those finishes

02:36

aligning up to the top of the roof and gives

02:38

us that nice clean junction that we're looking for.

Video transcript

00:04

Now looking at the projecting walls at the rear of the building,

00:08

we can see that they align to the underside of the roof

00:11

as shown in the image here.

00:14

And ideally,

00:15

we would like to finish layers to continue up in

00:17

front of the roof to give us a cleaner junction.

00:21

We can achieve this by unlocking the top of the finish layers in the wall type

00:27

so that they can extend separately

00:29

to the rest of the war.

00:32

So in order to do this

00:33

with one of the walls selected,

00:35

we'll click edit type from the top of the properties

00:38

and then we need to access the assembly again.

00:41

So we'll choose edit next to the structure parameter.

00:45

And we can see we have the finish layers here

00:48

and our preview is still in section view. So

00:51

we'll choose zoom in region to zoom into the very top of the wall.

00:57

And it's these three layers here that we need to

00:60

extend up in front, separate to the main structure of the wall.

01:04

So from the modify vertical structure, we'll click, modify

01:09

and now we can click the top edge of those layers

01:13

at which point will be presented with a padlock which we

01:15

can then click to unlock the edge of those layers.

01:18

let's repeat this for the other two layers here,

01:21

clicking on the top edge and unlocking the padlock.

01:25

And that means that these will now be able to

01:27

extend separately to the main structure of the wall.

01:31

So now click, modify to disable it

01:34

and we'll click OK to save these changes and OK again, to apply these to the wall.

01:40

Now, as we zoom in, we can see we have two drag controls at the top of the wall here.

01:45

And if we drag the outer one,

01:47

just the finishes

01:48

are extended

01:50

and looking in the properties, we can see the unconnected height.

01:53

And below that,

01:54

we have a top extension distant parameter

01:58

for the layers that we've unlocked,

01:59

which is just those finishes in front of the wall.

02:02

02:03

let's select the roof

02:04

and we can see that this is the generic

02:09

we can see the thickness is 1 ft thick.

02:12

So now

02:13

we'll select the walls that we want to extend in front of the roof.

02:16

So using the control key, we can multiple, select those walls.

02:22

And then in the properties,

02:24

we can see the top extension distance currently varies

02:27

because of the different walls we have selected.

02:29

02:30

we'll set them all to be 1 ft.

02:33

And then once this is applied, we can see those finishes

02:36

aligning up to the top of the roof and gives

02:38

us that nice clean junction that we're looking for.

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