Walls not joining properly

[Jim Smith]

Back about VW 2010 or 2012 there was an issue with Components of Walls not joining properly. It seems to have crept back into 2018. This is very frustrating to have to dick around with something that was solved some time ago.                 

 

Not joined

 

 

Here's another that don't want to play nice after a Join command (T-Join)

 

 

Here's what happens when one attempts to Join the components after joining

 

 

 

I suspect this is an OS issue between VW 2018 & my Mac (made with stone tools 2 years ago) & running OS 10.13.3. 

 

I'm about two bits away from getting my drafting board out of the shed.

Edited February 21, 2018 by Jim Smith

[Boh]

Does the wall style have the central component selected as a structural (or perhaps it's called a "core") component? Perhaps check your wall style in the edit wall style dialogue box.

 

Structural (or "core") components should auto join.

[Jim Smith]

This is the out of the box VW 2x4 (in Metric) metal stud wall. The "same" wall worked flawlessly in VW 2014, 15, 16, 17. I tried a blank file & that seems to work ok, but this file seemed to work ok initially. It wasn't until moving & replacing walls did the problem creep in. I'd noticed minor similar problems in an earlier file.

[Matt Panzer]

Hi Jim,

Can you send me a file with the offending walls?

[Jim Smith]

Hi Matt,

 

I can send this on Tuesday, thanks!

[Matt Panzer]

Hi Jim,

 

The first component (Gypsum Board) in the wall style was selected as the Core. Change the core to Mtl Stud Framing and they should join properly. Was this wall style included in a template that shipped with Vectorworks, or did you pull from default content (via the Resource Manager or Wall tool)? I checked our default content and a couple of templates and they are correct. If you can find the offending wall style in any of these places, please let me know so we can correct it. If you cannot, maybe the setting was accidentally changed?

 

[Jim Smith]

It may have been inadvertently  changed. Thanks for you're help, I'll alter the wall style.