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How do you edit the profile for wall sweeps? How are most people dealing with tile in restrooms that goes up to the ceiling? I was thinking about useing a wall sweep rathr than stacking wall types....
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hi you don't change the profile in the sweeps tool, you load up a new profile family or edit an existing profile family that you have loaded into your project. then just choose this profile under the properties for the sweep. for tiles that dont go the whole hight of a wall i use the vertical compound wall. hope this helps.
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Are you looking for quantities in your model or just something that will show in elevation? I think you are probably looking just for how it looks. In that case, just edit the face of your wall and pour in your finish.
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A little of both. We are just starting the switch to Revit. Our estimating department would like to be able to link all of Revit's quatities to a database at some point. That said I wuld like to figure out the correct (or best) way to model so that it all works for him in the future. Right now I am thinking that we will use stacked walls. When I have the time to look at compound walls we might end up going that direction. I just cant figure out how to have the finish stop at 9' and then just have a blank wall above that..? As a side note is there a way to connect the finish height (in compound or stacked walls) to the ceiling height or is that just something that I need to do manually? And why doesnt firefox's spell check work in the posting box?
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I'm trying to add a stone wainscot to a wood exterior residential wall with stucco above. Do I have to use wall sweeps to do this or is there some other method to create a wall type instead? If I have to use a wall sweep, how do you create a custom wall sweep? Thanks!
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Click modify in Edit wall structure and select the top of finish, you will find a lock. just unlock it. Then in the Element Properties of wall just give required value for Top Extension Distance. Check the attachments. The solution is in Revit 2010, if you are using lower version then you have to drag the finish manually. Hope this helps.
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Thanks, but it's still not working. When I go to Instance Properties dialog box, the "Top Extention Distance" is faded out and won't let me put a value to it. I'm I missing something else?
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Actually, it would be better to do this as a stacked wall or just place two walls, one above the other then join them so that the stgructure and inside elements join.
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The low tech way is to make a second wall type that is only tile, and place that within the restrooms to the appropriate height. make sure you lock the touching faces of the walls together to account for future moving... We just did this with extensive and variable wainscoting, and it was much easier to deal with that many different compound walls would have been...
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Thanks for the help, I will try two stacked walls. I hope that they don't look weird in section view. Thanks again!
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Hey First you have to unlock the top of finish layer, Check the attachments of my previous post, in the first image, click on modify then select the top of finish, you will find a lock. just unlock it. Then go to Instance Properties dialog box, the "Top Extention Distance" is now highlighted. Enter the desired value.
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For restroom wall finishes, we use the paint command with whatever tile pattern we like. I believe 2010 do quantities on 'painted' walls althoug have not gone there yet. We have tried adding a thin wall type for tileing, but with several tiles patterns and border tiles, it became too complicatied. Keep in mind that the finishes are added after we have done the layout with wall based closets, basins and powerpoints and switches I would think using stacked wall will also be complicated considering the wall has two sided with different wall finishes
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Although the original poster could have used a thin wall in front of his wall, I don't think it would have been appropriate because it would not work for sections. As far a thin tile walls, they will work even when you have hosted items on the base wall. Just join your walls.
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i like erin's idea. because thats what i do too.
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