Smarter wall joining

[Tom Klaber]

One of the pushbacks on wall components is that they the graphics get funky when joining walls, and the added step of having to join components is time-consuming and annoying.

I feel like the auto-join could do a better job and auto-joining components. The simplest would be to join same classed or same name or same sized components with each other - or you could assign how each component would join in the wall settings.....

Not exactly sure - but you guys are smart - I think the tool can do better.

Thanks!

[mike m oz]

If you have Auto Join Walls on and the correct core component checkmarked in the Wall Styles you are using it usually works pretty well.

[Tom Klaber]

Let me check my settings....

[Tom Klaber]

That works pretty well.

Sorry Vworks.

[PVA - Admin]

No worries at all, I'll take all the requests for features that already exist that i can get

In any case, I've added a note that this might be useful information to include in our Architectural guides.

[Tom Klaber]

This seems to work well MOST of the time - but when it fails - it fails spectacularly - sending drywall or some other component shooting off for miles.

Any insight into this Jim? Is there any way to fix these? Redrawing the walls in question do not seem to fix the issue.

[PVA - Admin]

Can you post me a sample where it failed please? It can just be the two walls and the style resource in a test file. There are many factors and I can give them a look.

[Tom Klaber]

Here is the file where it is failing. The two walls L join as expected. When I go to T join the small wall into the junction - the weirdness starts. This type of joint works most other places in the document.

[mike m oz]

Tom, I had a similar problem to you.

When I looked at your drawing a little more closely I discovered that the joining wall didn't quite align with the the thicker wall. I drew a guide line from the bottom of the thicker wall and then moved the thinner wall so it was on that line making the bottom edge of the two walls collinear. The join then works.

The join problem would have come from the very slight misalignment of the components.

Edited January 14, 2016 by mike m oz

[Dieter @ DWorks]

Make joining work with 4 walls please.

[PVA - Admin]

The issues come mainly from joining 3-4 walls that have different overall thicknesses and sets of components, as is happening in this example. Submitting this particular sample now.

[Tom Klaber]

Yeah.

It seems to work most of the time. In the example that I sent - you can get it to work if you do it the other way - L joining the other 2 walls first then T joining the larger wall.

I seem to have about a 75%-80% success rate with that 3 wall corner condition. I will try and see if I can pick up on any common themes about the fail.

[Tom Klaber]

Dealing with this again. It does seem to be when 3 different walls meet - which unfortunately is a common occurrence.

[zoomer]

^ ++++ 1

[Markvl]

+1

Usually don't have a problem with 3 walls; its the 4 wall scenarios that just don't work.

[rDesign]

+1 bump

[Matt Overton]

Also better 3D joining of Walls of different heights would be a bonus.