Problems in Creating a Custom Wall Style

[Keith Pershing]

We have attempted to create a pre-defined or custom wall-type configuration. The wall type is as follows: It is a modular residential or commercial wall that is manufactured with a styrofoam core of 3 1/2" or 5 1/2" in thickness. The styrofoam is laminated to a 7/16" 4x8 OSB sheet on each side. There is no frame work inside these walls. What we are trying to do is have VA draw the wall showing the two 7/16" laminates on each side of the styrofoam fill. For all intents and purposes 7/16" could be designated .5" and the styrofoam fill could show some pattern of a hatch. We have tried to create this wall type and have successfully put it in the wall type settings library but have been unsuccessful in having it draw in the plan as we would like to see it. How do we set this up to draw as defined in the above? Hope you can help!

[Robert Anderson]

VA can do this, as precisely as you wish, in other words, you don't have to approximate 7/16" as 0.5" .

Try this:

1. Choose Select Wall Type off the Model menu.

2. Click the Add... button.

3. In the New Wall Type dialog that appears, make the following entries:

Name: (Whatever)

Assign to Existing Class: Wall-Ext-Frame

Wall height: (as desired)

Control Offset: (as desired)

Number of Cavities: 3

Cavity 1 Thickness: 7/16"

Cavity 1 Fill/Hatch: (h) Single Hatch

Cavity 1-2 Line Style: Solid Line

Cavity 1-2 Line Weight: .03mm

Cavity 2 Thickness: 3 1/2"

Cavity 2 Fill/Hatch: (h)White Solid

Cavity 2-3 Line Style: Solid Line

Cavity 2-3 Line Weight: .03mm

Cavity 3 Thickness: 7/16"

Cavity 3 Fill/Hatch: (h) Single Hatch

Click OK, and use this new wall type. See if this gives you the look you desire. If not, edit it.

HTH