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I am a beginner withRevit, so please let me know if I do not provide sufficient info with this Q:

I am using Revit Architecture 2010.

I have an existing wall with some windows demolished and some new windows added. They are all the same Family of windows.

The existing (non-demo) windows cut the wall, but new windows do not.

Where should I be looking to find the cause of this problem?

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emgeeo

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It sounds like you may be working in an existing view.

Go to view properties, and check the phase; is it existing?  If so, your windows are not showing up because your view will only display existing elements- not new construction.

Let me know what you find.

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I don't think that is the problem. I see now that  I didn't give all the info sorry: The wall is a brick veneer over timber frame, and the veneer is not cut, but the framing seems to be partly cut, in plan but not in 3d or section.The wall and window families came standard with my Revit pack, so I don't know whether it is a problem with those.

The attached view is of the proposed phase. Greyed areas are existing

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emgeeo

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Are you modeling

two walls - one for timber and one for brick

or one wall - single wall with multiple layers

?

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EugenioFV

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I dont know if this helps, specially since it will be adding another question to the equation...

But ive had a problem where I add a window to a spot where I actually intersect two walls, and existing and a new one one. Basically the window only cuts one of the walls, and there is a funky graphic condition where the second wall is seen overlapping the window. How to solve this...im not sure. Maybe extend the new portion of the wall so it covers the whole window.

Try that out, if the veneer is cut by a window where there is no extra wall, it may be the same problem im having.

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spacey

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It is one wall with multiple layers.

As another Q In another area I have two walls, because the lining is demolished and replaced. How should I deal with that?

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EugenioFV

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You mean like a furring? Say hat channels and GWB?

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spacey

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No, sorry: just the plasterboard lining inside the wall framing is to be replaced.

I modeled it as one existing wall with no lining, and framing and brick veneer layers, that are there for existing and proposed phases, and a lining as a separate wall that is existing then demo'd at tthe proposed phase, then I modeled new lining at the proposed phase.

 What is the best way to deal with this? I'd like the take offs to be correct, and for the windows to cut through both "walls"

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Wall and Window problems please help

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Cut hole for window in timber cladding?

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window does not get cut in plan view.

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Window showing on level below and inserted level

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Window Family not cutting correctly

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