Adding a Wall

Wall lets you add a wall that is entirely internal or external to the building or is both inside and outside the building. To create walls, you can use closed horizontal sketches, open horizontal sketches, closed vertical sketches, sketch output features, or sketch output profiles. You can also use bodies, surfaces, volumes, or horizontal wireframes as inputs.

  1. To sketch the wall:
    1. From the Building section of the action bar, click Positioned Sketch .
    2. In the 3D area, sketch the wall.
    3. In the Sketcher app, in the Sketch section of the action bar, click Exit App .
  2. From the Building section of the action bar, click Wall .
  3. In the 3D area, click the closed horizontal sketch of the wall.
  4. To automatically make any necessary trim to the wall, in the Wall dialog box, from Added , click one the following:
    OptionDescription
    Added to create the wall both inside and outside the building.
    Interior to create the wall only inside the building.
    Exterior to create the wall only outside the building.

    Based on your selection and the location of the wall sketch, the system trims the final wall as necessary to accommodate the building mass. For example, if the wall sketch is half inside and half outside the building and you select Exterior, the system trims half the wall to make the wall exterior to the building.

  5. To determine the wall direction, from Side 1 , click one of the following:
    OptionDescription
    Side 1 to begin the wall thickness on one side of the sketch.


    Side 2 to begin the wall thickness on the other side of the sketch.


    Both to center the wall thickness on the sketch. For example, for a wall thickness of 3000mm, the thickness is 1500mm on each side of the sketch.
  6. From the 3D area:
    1. Drag the Height handle to the desired wall height.

      Alternatively, enter the height in the height value box. The default value is the story height for the building.

    2. Drag the width handle to the desired wall thickness.
  7. In the dialog box, click .