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renatolemus

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Hi: In my company we usually design a kind of very massive architecture, with thick walls and thick openings on them.My question is what is the best approach for this kind of modelling in revit. Should I create double 150mm walls, as in the example, and then a concrete beam, and then the 2 walls segments over the beam, then changing the material with the paint tool? or should I create a new type of wall with a air layer in the core?.  And the last question is, how can I place a door in this already created thick opening?. Is there any parameter to prevent the door from using the full thickness of the wall to create the frame, I mean to set a fixed depth for the framing. (I don't want the frame covering the full thickness of the opening).

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You'll probably find it easier to do as a single wall with the appropriate wrapping properties at openings.

as for the door, yes its possible to create a door with a frame that is not associated the wall thickness.  Just don't constrain it to the wall faces and give the frame a depth and offset parameter so you can position it appropriately in the wall.

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