topic Re: Exterior 2x4 Wall Style in AutoCAD Architecture Forum

Exterior 2x4 Wall Style

susanbercaw — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:10:08 GMT

I am trying to create an Exterior 2x4 Wall Style with 3.5" Studs and .5" GWB on Interior but it is not working.
I have enclosed a screenshot of the wall in plan view and the wall style.

Thanks in advance for your help. I am brand new to AutoCAD Architecture

Re: Exterior 2x4 Wall Style

David_W_Koch — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 12:13:40 GMT

@susanbercaw

Welcome to the community!

Please reply back through a web browser and attach an example DWG file of what you have so far. It is hard to sort out issues from a few screen shots. For example, in the image of the Wall in plan view, is that one Wall, or three?

Re: Exterior 2x4 Wall Style

David_W_Koch — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 12:34:10 GMT

Question: Did you start with an out-of-the-box stud exterior Wall Style and remove the components to the exterior of the stud (with the intent of eventually replacing them with something else)?

If so, the original Wall Style may have had a non-Standard Wall Endcap assigned to the Wall ends, which may result in something similar to what your image showed if the deleted components had a return or some other end condition.

For example, I created a Stud and GWB only style by removing the Brick Veneer, Air Gap, and Rigid Insulation components from a copy of the Stud-3.5 Rigid-1.5 Air-2 Brick-3.625 Wall Style.

That still leaves the Wall Endcap Style in place. The Wall Endcap Styles work by component index, not by component name, so the brick return is now assigned to Stud component, which is now Index 1.

This causes the stud component to return at the end. Not as much as in your image, but perhaps you started with a different exterior Wall Style.

If you change the Wall Endcap Styles assigned to your Stud+GWB wall to Standard, the "wings" at the ends of your Wall may go away.

Re: Exterior 2x4 Wall Style

susanbercaw — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:01:56 GMT

This makes sense and I believe you hit the nail on the head.
I will let you know when I get home and thanks so much.

Re: Exterior 2x4 Wall Style

susanbercaw — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 20:43:16 GMT

You were correct and I appreciate it.