Fit Walls To Objects, More selection options

[rudybeuc@gmail.com]

I wish "Fit Walls To Objects" command had more options for selecting the objects to fit to.

 

Specifically I wish I could choose particular objects or a object.

 

Case in point, I want to fit a wall to the underside of a stair. Having to put the stair on it's own layer increases the complexity of the layer system for the need of one particular command. It doesn't contribute positively to the organization of the project in any way.

 

Thanks,

Rudy Beuc

[Gadzooks]

On 5/16/2024 at 4:01 PM, rudybeuc@gmail.com said:

I wish "Fit Walls To Objects" command had more options for selecting the objects to fit to.

 

Would be great if you could name or tag the stairs and those too would be recognised and appear in the drop down list - surely not that difficult to incorporate? But....

 

Time for the (usual) work-around to gaps the boffins have left.

 

Suggest you create a new, usually unseen 'sketch' layer that the wall will extend to, that contains only 3d planes to aid your design process. As a 'sketch' layer you may find other uses like drop ceiling surfaces, temp structures and the like.

 

The underside of the stairs (surface you want to extend to) is easy to mark up as a surface the 'Fit Wall To Objects' will recognise. And the stairs will be on the 'correct' layer rather than confusingly on is own.

 

This is stairs with wall extended to unseen 'Adjustments Level'.....

 

 

And this shows the Adjustment Layer created for the work-around.....

 

 

Hope this helps

[taoist]

I noticed your stairs are below the lower level floor plane.

In other words,  your stair settings are set for a lower floor depth/thickness.

 

If you edit your wall, set bottom offset to depth of lower floor or change the entire wall elevation to that setting then apply,

Fit walls to objects, set to the layer the stairs are on, it should work as expected.

One final issue is the bottom of the wall is now below the lower floor plane.

 

If possible, change your stair profile so there is no lower floor depth.

 

FWIW

[KWiley]

I wish you could choose the component of a wall when fitting walls to a roof. It would be nice if the framing would stay at the set plate height. Def need more options all around.

Edited May 30, 2024 by KWiley

[Tom W.]

12 minutes ago, KWiley said:

I wish you could choose the component of a wall when fitting walls to a roof. It would be nice if the framing would stay at the set plate height.

 

If you disable 'Follow top wall peaks' in the Wall Component Settings for the framing component that component will stay where it is + only the others will fit to the roof.

[KWiley]

5 minutes ago, Tom W. said:

 

If you disable 'Follow top wall peaks' in the Wall Component Settings for the framing component that component will stay where it is + only the others will fit to the roof.

Just tried it and all components are still moving. Any other settings to check?

[Tom W.]

8 hours ago, KWiley said:

Any other settings to check?

 

Not that I can think of... If a component is set to 'No Peaks' it should ignore Fit Walls To Objects + reshaping with the Edit Wall Tool... Feel free to post a file where it isn't working + we can determine why.

Edited May 31, 2024 by Tom W.