Why is symbol making hole in wall?

[Christiaan]

Am I just been dopey on a Friday afternoon? Can somebody explain why this symbol is punching a hole through the wall?

 

 

test_file_v2022.vwx

Edited December 10, 2021 by Christiaan

[markdd]

Insert in Walls was enabled in the Symbol options. That's the only explanation I can find....

[E|FA]

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[Tom W.]

That is really weird. It is cutting a hole in the Wall despite there being no Wall Hole Component. I guess you want the symbol set to Insert in Wall so that when you move the wall the light moves with it but nevertheless it shouldn't clip a hole in it! Have you noticed the same thing with other insert-in-wall-but-without-wall-hole-component symbols? My light etc symbols I tend to just plant on the wall rather than insert in them so this isn't something I would have come up against... But there was another thread describing wall hole weirdness - ah just been posted...

[Tom W.]

Plus this thread might be related issue:

 

 

[markdd]

My understanding is that if a symbol attaches itself as part of a wall (ie, the wall highlights and the symbol becomes a Symbol in Wall then the wall will break around the symbol as you can see above. The addition of a Wall hole component allows the Wall to behave differently with the symbol and just wrap around the Wall hole component geometry and ignore the geometry of the main part of the symbol completely.

[Tom W.]

 

11 minutes ago, markdd said:

My understanding is that if a symbol attaches itself as part of a wall (ie, the wall highlights and the symbol becomes a Symbol in Wall then the wall will break around the symbol as you can see above.

 

I didn't know that

[Christiaan]

18 minutes ago, markdd said:

My understanding is that if a symbol attaches itself as part of a wall (ie, the wall highlights and the symbol becomes a Symbol in Wall then the wall will break around the symbol as you can see above.

 

Yes, except if:

 

[Christiaan]

30 minutes ago, E|FA said:

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That's it, thanks. Known prob: VB-184186

[michaelk]

ARRRGGGG.  Cabinets that get inserted into walls are also cutting holes in walls.