Create wall types

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We can see the external walls that need editing are shaded in gray in the view

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as walls are system families, we cannot load a new wall type into a project.

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So we must duplicate an existing wall type and edit it to suit

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if I select one of the existing external walls we have in the model,

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we can see from the type selector at the top of the properties pallet

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that this is a basic wall

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and a generic eight inch wall type.

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The other wall types that are available from the type selector

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have all been created within the template that was used to build this model from

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the wall that we're going to create

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requires an external insulation system on metal stud

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and that's not available in the type selector to us.

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So we would duplicate an existing wall and create it

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with only the external walls selected.

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I will choose edit type from the top of

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the properties pallette to access the wall's type properties.

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And across the top, we can see the type name here, generic eight

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inch and next to it, the duplicate button

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that we'll use to create our new wall type

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So we'll go ahead and click duplicate

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and then we'll assign the new name of external wall

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eifs on metal stud

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and we'll select OK

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to create that new wall type.

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So now we need to edit the assembly of the wall to add in the extra layers

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and to do this

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from the type parameters on the construction panel,

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we'll click edit next to structure

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to access the edit assembly settings.

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So here we can see the layers that make up the current wall.

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And at the bottom of the box, we can click the preview button

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to enable the preview which will make it easier for us

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to see what happens as we add our new layers in.

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So we'll start by changing the thickness of this existing layer to six inches.

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And before we add the new layers, we can see at the top it's labeled exterior.

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And at the bottom is the interior side,

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we can see we have the layer numbers

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showing their order.

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And then below that, we have the buttons to insert and move new layers around.

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So we'll start by inserting a new layer

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and this will appear in layer two just above our existing layer

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will set the thickness to be three quarters of an inch

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and we can see that appear in the preview

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on top of the existing layer.

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So now we'll add our next layer in. So we'll click insert,

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we'll get another layer and this is going to represent our external installation.

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So

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we'll change this to two inches thick

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and we can see that here in the preview. So

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now we move that up to above the core boundary.

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So making sure we have layer two selected

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from the buttons beneath the layers, we'll click the up button

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to move this above the core boundary.

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And we can see in the preview now the green line

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which is indicating the location of the core boundary within the layers of the wall.

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So now we need to add the internal finish. So we'll select layer five,

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the core boundary layer

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and we'll choose insert which will add a new layer just above that.

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So we'll click the down button to move that below the core boundary

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and we'll set its thickness to be half an inch.

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So now we can see that it's appeared in the preview

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and we can see

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the green line for the lower core boundary and obviously the upper one as well.

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So next, we'll assign the materials into those layers that we've just created.

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Looking at the material column.

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We can see they are currently set to have the by category material.

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And to change this, we'll need to launch the material browser

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and select a new material.

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So we'll select by category on layer one

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and from the ellipses button that appears

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we'll launch the material browser.

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We can see there's a lot of materials available in this project.

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So to make it easier.

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We'll use the search bar at the top and we'll search for installation

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and from the materials that then appear in the left.

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We'll choose the eifs exterior insulation material

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and we can see his properties here, but we don't need to make any changes.

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So we'll click. OK.

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And this will be assigned into layer one

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and we can see that in the preview as well.

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So now for the next layer which is layer three,

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we'll click by category again and then from the ellipses button,

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we'll launch the material browser.

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And this time we'll search for plywood

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and then we'll choose to apply with sheet in material

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and click. OK to assign this on to the next layer.

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And once again, we can see that appearing in the preview as well.

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So for layer four, we'll choose by category and again, launch the material browser.

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And this time we're going to search for the stud material

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and we choose the metal stud layer.

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And once again, we'll click OK to assign this into that layer.

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So for the final layer, this is going to be our Gypsum wallboard.

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So once again, we'll launch the material browser

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and search for Gypsum this time.

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And then we will select the chips and more

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material

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and click OK, to assign that to layer six, our final layer.

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And then we can see in the preview that we've

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got all of those materials applied onto the layers.

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So finally, we now need to assign the function into each layer.

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And we can see that they're currently all set to structure.

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And if we select the function on layer one,

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we get the drop down list.

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And we can see that we've got five functions here.

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Structure, substrate, thermal layer, finish one and finish two.

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And in the parenthesis,

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we can see numbers 1 to 5 and these denote the

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priority order for when we make junctions between different walls.

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Number one is the highest priority and,

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and we'll cut through objects of a lower priority

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to create the joint between those different walls.

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So for our exterior installation,

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we'll choose finish one which has the priority of four.

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For the ply with che,

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then

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we'll assign that in to be this substrate function.

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The metal stud layer will leave that a structure with a priority of one.

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And for the Gypsum

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board, we'll set that to be finished two

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with a priority of five.

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So now that we have all of our layers created with their thickness and materials,

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we'll click OK

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to save those changes,

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we're back in the tight properties. So we don't need to make any more changes here.

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We can see we have the exterior function

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already selected from the wall that we duplicated. So we'll choose OK once more

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to now save the changes to this wall time

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and that's been applied to the wall that

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we had selected when we started this process.

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However, if I click off of this wall,

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we'll see that it's still shaded in gray

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as they were originally.

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And this is due to the view being set to a coarse detail level.

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So to change this,

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we'll go to the view control bar at the bottom of the view

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and then we'll select medium

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from the detail level

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and then zooming into the wall here,

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we can now see the layers that were created onto that

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wall type and then they'll being displayed in the view.

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So this leaves us now just to change the rest of the external walls in this model.

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So we'll select one of those

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and then from the right click menu,

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we'll choose, select all instances visible in view.

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And this will now select the remainder of those external generic eight inch walls.

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So now from the type selector,

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we can scroll up and we can find the external

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wall eifs on metal stud that we've just created.

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And

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it's also in the most recently used types list. So

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we just need to select that

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and then that wall type is applied to these walls.

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So we'll click in space to deselect them.

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And now zooming in,

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we can see how those layers have been applied and

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and the junctions that they're making with the existing walls.

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And at the corner there