Option Conditions for Walls

Select the conditions for optional wall types in the Option Conditions for Walls dialog box.

Dialog Box Options

Option condition

Select the options to which the selected wall type will be applied.

Find the option code from the Options database by clicking the Select button. The Project Options database view opens. Move the cursor on the desired row and click the OK button.

The Project Options Database View

You can use three operators to define conditions for the selected wall type:

• And - For example A and B. The wall type will only apply if both options A and B are selected when you solve the options.

• Or - For example A or B. The wall type will only apply if option A or option B is selected when you solve the options.

• Not - For example A not B. The wall type will only apply if option A is selected and option B is not selected when you solve the options.

Select one of the radio buttons, if necessary, and then select another option from the Options database. The logical operations are performed in the following order: first the Not operation, then the And operations and finally the Or operations.

New

Click the button to define another optional wall type. The fields in the dialog box will be cleared, and you can select another options, conditions between options and the wall type to be used. The conditions will be added to the Condition list.

Delete

To delete a condition, select the condition from the Condition list, and click the Del button.

Wall Data: Type

Select the wall type to be used when the option conditions come true. Select the wall type from the list.

Frame bottom offset

If necessary, you can stretch the bottom of the wall frame of the wall type you selected. Type the offset in relation to the original wall structure in the text field.

Stretching of the wall frame requires that the property Framing bottom option has been selected for the frame volume of the selected wall type, see General Wall 3D Volume Properties. The property may have been defined for the wall type in the wall library, but you can also edit the property of the wall layer, if necessary.

Edit Wall Properties

Siding bottom offset

If necessary, you can stretch the bottom of the siding of the wall type you selected. Type the offset in relation to the original wall structure in the text field.

Stretching of the siding requires that the property Siding bottom option has been selected for the siding volume of the selected wall type, see General Wall 3D Volume Properties. The property may have been defined for the wall type in the wall library, but you can also edit the property of the wall layer, if necessary.

Edit Wall Properties

Reference line

The location of the wall in relation to the original wall is determined by a reference line. The line selected as the reference line of the new wall type is positioned in the same location as the respective line in the original wall. Select the reference line from the list.

Optionalize Components