clean up beams, walls and slab

[janathbdesign]

I am trying to cleam up a joint of beam, slab and wall. see attached. the red is the original beam. I join it with the slab and the slab with the wall. The beam shown in greeni s the result.

Next I cut the profile of the wall to let it run up to the underside of the beam, but I still have he finish at the underside of the beam exposed.

any suggestion how to joint the beam with the slab without the lines of the finishes at the underside opf the slab?

thanks,

Jan

[kathryn.langan]

I am not sure I am understanding the issue correctly - are you looking for the beam to cross through the bottom slab layer to join directly to the concrete core? If so, unfortunately the bottom slab layer will prevent this from occurring. You could try an in place void to cut the layer out of the slab, and then the beam would join:

I hope this helps!

[janathbdesign]

Thanks Katie.

This how I would like to show the beam with he slab. Thanks.

This seems a rather time consuming way to do it though.

Would be nice if the bottom slab layer would clean up automatically similar to walls that are meeting.

Afterall,that is the way it would be built. maybe for a future update?

jan

[kathryn.langan]

Hi Jan,

Some other options could be to use fill regions in any sections/details that reference this area, but that may or may not be feasible depending on your project and whether you're running material takeoffs since you would just be making it look like the join crossed through the bottom layer. Or modeling the floor as two separate entities, cutting holes in the bottom layer so the beams join directly to the core.

I would encourage you to provide comments and a business case regarding why this join would be important to your firm at our Feedback Site, so the functionality can be considered for the future.

[janathbdesign]

Katie,

FYI, as per original problem where there is a wall under the beam, I c\have concluded it is much easier to create a stack wall with the top part to be  concrete wall that will clean up with the slab.

you just need to controle the level of the underside of the "beam" in relation to the FFL below by the composition of the stack wall.

thanks for your help!

Jan