Layer parameters are available in the Wall dialog box, when you have selected a layer in the Layers list or in the preview image. If you have selected a particular wall volume in a model and opened its properties for editing, you can only edit the properties and parameters of the volume in question. You cannot select other layers.
By default, only some parameters are displayed in the dialog box. You can display more parameters as follows:
You can select the following general parameters for a layer:
Display in 2D - When this checkbox is ticked, the layer will be displayed in the floor plan.
Insulation - Defines whether the layer is insulated or uninsulated. This information can be used in material collection.
Can Be Stretched to Roof - When this checkbox is ticked, the layer can be stretched to a roof above it.
You can define frame parameters for a layer to be used in the wall panelizing. The parameters pass the layer properties to the frame details defined in the framing library. These parameters override the system parameters.
PARAM1=VALUE1|PARAM2=VALUE2 ...
The parameter names and their values are optional.
You can select the following parameters for each layer:
Surface Properties - Select a category for the layer. The category determines the surface material to be used for the layer in the model. The default category for each layer is defined in the wall layer library. The surface material of the category is defined in the rendering material library.
You can select different categories for both coarse and accurate models. The model displayed in the preview image is either coarse or accurate, depending on which presentation method you last used when adding a wall.
Surface (coarse) - The material will be displayed in the building model, if the wall's presentation method is coarse.
Surface (accurate) - The material will be displayed in the building model, if the wall's presentation method is accurate.
You can texture the surface of a layer with a 2D hatch in an accurate model. Draw the basic hatch shape and save it as a drawing file (*.vxp). Enter the name of the file in the Texture File field. The program will generate a machining polyline by copying the basic shape (A) repeatedly. The texture files included in the basic software delivery are in the ../system/macros/walls folder. You can design texture files of your own and save them to the ../custom/macros/walls folder.
Texture Angle determines the direction of the texture hatch. Enter the desired value in the text field.
Usable Width is the rise of a single board in a cladding. The usable width is intended to be used together with the texture angle when the texture file is parametric, in other words when the width of the board is controlled with a dimension constraint. The value of the usable width is loaded as the value of the dimension constraint. This enables claddings of varying widths by using just one texture file. Solving the constraints requires that Settings > 2D Constraint Manager is enabled. The UTV/UYV cladding materials have been implemented as an example in the basic software delivery. The default value of the effective width is set in the wall layer library.
Hatch - You can add, for example, a brick hatch to a layer by enabling the Hatch property. Select a pre-made property set for the hatch from the list, or define the Type, Layer, Pen, Scale, and Color properties individually.
Enable extra hatch by ticking the checkbox next to it. Select a pre-made property set for the hatch from the list, or define the Type, Layer, Pen, Scale, and Color properties individually.
You can delete an extra hatch as follows:
Color Fill - Color fill is enabled when this checkbox is ticked, but it will only be displayed in the floor plan when the wall parameter Color Fill for Whole Wall is not selected.
Select a color from the list, or select a pen color or RGB color in the dialog box (list options Add or RGB).
The color fills will be displayed in the plan when Settings > Color Fills Visible is selected.
Line Fill - You can add, for example, an insulation line to a layer by enabling the Line Fill property. Select a pre-made property set for the line fill from the list, or define the Line type, Layer, Pen, Scale, and Color properties individually.
3D Line Properties - Select a pre-made property set for the line from the list, or define the Line type, Layer, Pen, Scale, and Color properties individually.
2D Line Properties - Defines the properties of a layer's interior surface line. The interior surface line is always drawn for all layers. Select a pre-made property set for the line from the list, or define the Line type, Layer, Pen, Scale, and Color properties individually.
2D Line Properties (exterior) - Defines the properties of a layer's exterior surface line. The exterior surface line is drawn if the wall only contains a single layer, the layer is an external siding layer, or the layer is limited by an air gap. Select a pre-made property set for the line from the list, or define the Line type, Layer, Pen, Scale, and Color properties individually. If the properties of the exterior surface line are not defined, the line is drawn with the same properties as the interior surface line.
Wall
Geometry Drawing Properties
Editing the Wall Layer
Library
The Wall Dialog Box -
Selecting a Wall
The Wall Dialog Box -
Editing a Wall Library
Shaping a Wall
Volume
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