Wall Input

Wall input options:

At the top, a finish for the new wall can be selected. Using the icon to the right, the finish can also be changed directly without leaving the wall input.

Wall type: If no finish has been selected, the wall type can be specified here. Otherwise the wall type of the chosen wall finish is displayed.

Texture set: If no finish has been selected, a texture set can be chosen here using the browser.

Wall thickness, reference axis: can also only be entered if no finish has been assigned. The wall then automatically has only one leaf (leaf 0) with the thickness of the entire wall.

Connect: When walls meet other walls during input they are normally intersected with them, i.e. connected. The drop-down list has the following options:

All: All walls are connected without further query.

Individual: For each connection the program requests a confirmation.

None: No wall is connected.

(empty): When the actual wall input is invoked, this drop-down list appears and one of the options listed above can be selected.

Positioning: A wall is entered by two points in the floor plan. In the positioning you can choose which line is spanned by these two points: visible face or back face, centerline, reference axis or choice. With the option 'Choice' the side can be selected graphically after entering the two points. If the setting (empty) is chosen, the positioning can again be determined for each wall input.

Input direction: Walls can be entered from right to left or from left to right, with the viewing side remaining on the same side. With the Choice option the wall can be rotated graphically (right mouse button) after entering the two end points.

Current storey: Although the program already knows a current storey at this moment, the current storey can still be changed directly within the wall input.

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There are various options for the vertical position of the bottom edge and the top edge of the walls. The upper storey plays an important role here:

The upper storey is automatically determined based on the bottom edge of a storey; the designation (GF, FF 1, ..) does not matter. The upper storey is the storey located above the current storey in which walls are currently being input. Only storeys belonging to the same storey group are considered.

Example: A wall belongs to the ground floor of the group "Main Building" and the top edge should be taken from the top storey bottom edge. The program then finds the storey above, OG1, from the same group "Main Building" and ignores OG2 from the group "Extension".

Reference for lower edge of wall: As a reference, the following option is available here:

Lower edge of current storey: The lower edge of the wall refers to the lower edge of the storey to which the wall belongs.

Distance to lower reference LA: This is the distance between the lower edge of the wall and the reference height chosen above.

Bottom edge absolute: This value cannot be entered and is automatically calculated and displayed by the program.

Reference for upper edge of wall: For the upper edge a reference can be chosen:

Lower edge of current storey: The upper edge of the wall refers to the lower edge of the storey to which the wall belongs. Together with the distance (next field) this allows direct entry of the maximum wall height, as was common with program versions prior to V14.

Lower edge of layer 0 of upper ceiling or Lower edge of layer 0 of upper ceiling: The upper edge of the wall refers to the lower edge or upper edge of layer 0 of the next ceiling that is located above the lower edge of the wall. A ceiling is searched for that is at least 1.8 m above the lower edge of the current storey. If no ceiling is found up to 1.8 m above the upper storey, the wall is limited by the lower edge of the upper storey.

Lower edge of layer 0 is typically used for interior walls that end below the load-bearing structure of the ceiling. The load-bearing structure is typically located in layer 0: concrete layer, ceiling beams or cross-laminated timber.

Upper edge of layer 0 is used for walls that penetrate the main load-bearing structure but still end below the stiffening layer, e.g. below the OSB board.

Lower edge of upper storey: The upper edge of the wall is positioned relative to the lower edge of the next higher storey. This will be the correct approach for most walls. If there is no upper storey, walls with this option are automatically extended up to the roof.

Distance to upper reference UA: This is the distance between the upper edge of the wall and the reference height chosen above.

Maximum wall height: This value cannot be entered and is automatically calculated and displayed by the program.