Changing Wall Thickness

You can change the wall thickness for several elements that you create.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Create the element and, if applicable, ensure that you create it with walls.

Change Wall Thickness for All Walls

You can change the wall thickness for all walls of a stairwell, elevator shaft, shaft, and space.

Important: This task removes any individual wall thickness settings for a selected element and resets all of its walls to the same thickness.

In the tree, click the building element that requires a wall thickness change.
For example, to change the wall thickness of all stairwell walls, in the tree, click the Stairwell.
From the context toolbar, click Wall Thickness .
From the 3D area, drag the Wall Thickness handle to the desired thickness or enter the thickness in the value box.
From the Wall Thickness dialog box, click .

The system displays the element in the 3D area with the changed wall thickness for all of its walls.

You can change the wall thickness of an individual wall of a mass, stairwell, space, elevator, or shaft.

From the 3D area, click the wall of the element that requires a wall thickness change.
Tip: To adjust your view of an element, use the View Selector .
From the context toolbar, click Wall Thickness .
From the 3D area, drag the Wall Thickness handle to the desired thickness or enter the thickness in the value box.
From the Wall Thickness dialog box, click .

The system displays the element in the 3D area with the wall thickness changed for only the selected wall.