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MongooseST1

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I have constructed a residential structure with some basic 2x6 walls. I then created a stacked wall from the client driven changes, which I then changed the properties of the old wall to the new stacked wall.

All my dimensions were lost. Now when I go back and try to move witness lines to make them into dimensions and there are no witness lines....??

Moreover, my overall dimensions of the structure obviously changed by the insertion of the new stacked walls. How can one preserve the overall dimensions of the structure footprint and allow REVIT to maintain the outside dimensions when inserting walls of differing materials and thicknesses.

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teafoe5

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Did you try locking some of the dimensions?

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"...my overall dimensions of the structure obviously changed by the insertion of the new stacked walls..." << Of course, you changed the wall and did not tell Revit how you wanted to recocile the difference between what was there and what you were replacing it with.  You need to pay attention to wall location line.  Click on any wall and it will givge you this property. 

If your exterior walls were set to anything other than "exterior" for this property and if the new wall is thicker, well then, the building gets larger.  If you don't want that to happen, pick one exterior wall, select all instances, change this property to exterior then replace all of them with your new wall.

Understand what stacked walls are.  They are "stacked" individual walls placed as a group.  Each portion of the stack will dimension differently so don't expect all of your dimensions to work on every level when the wall is no longer there but a different portion of the stack is.

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http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Revit/enu/2013/Help/00001-Revit_He0/0328-Build_th328/0330-Architec330/0331-Walls331/0336-Modifyin336/0356-Working_356/0357-Defining357

Autodesk in the HELP section of REVIT 2013 explains the stacjked wall in link above, see enclsoed illustration. 

I am aware that each portion of the stack will dimension differently so don't expect all of your dimensions to work on every level BUT at the top of foundation wall for example is established at a particular dimension that CANNOT MOVE. When I change the wall to a stacked wall I want to maintain the OUTSIDE edge of the stacked wall to the outside edge of the foundation so the dimensions overall of the structure do not change.

Right now the stacked wall somehow jumps out over the foundation wall to the outside edge of the stacked wall is greater than the foundation. How do i ensure that I maintain outside edge to outside edge of both walls so the overall dimensions of the structure do not change? 

Another note when I change my regualr walls to a stacked walls the witness lines do not pop up when I select the walls so I can adjust and apply dimensions, what is wioth that?

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How is your foundation wall set in relation to the wall above?  Center of wall or center of core maybe?  Maybe it would be better to either include this wall in the stack or just pull it down to disengage it.  Or....

Make sure both walls are set to exterior face, then align the two wall's exterior face prior to changing to the stack.

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Another note when I change my regualr walls to a stacked walls the witness lines do not pop up when I select the walls so I can adjust and apply dimensions, what is wioth that?

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