topic Re: How to draw a wall in AutoCAD Architecture Forum

How to draw a wall

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:14:43 GMT

I am using AutoCAD Architectural for a residential project. When I use the wall tool to draw my walls they come out as lines as if I used the line tool what do I do.

Re: How to draw a wall

David_W_Koch — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 23:36:48 GMT

Did you start your drawing from an AutoCAD Architecture template (or a derivative of one)? What Display Configuration is set current?

Reply and attach a sample DWG file that demonstrates the issue, and someone here can take a look at it and suggest ways to improve things. It will help if you can indicate how you want the Wall to look.

Re: How to draw a wall

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 20:52:36 GMT

I started from an AutoCAD Architecture Template and medium detail is set current.

Re: How to draw a wall

David_W_Koch — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 01:58:36 GMT

I am not quite certain what you mean by "When I use the wall tool to draw my walls they come out as lines as if I used the line tool" in your first post. In AutoCAD Architecture 2021, I drew two Walls, one of style CMU-8 Rigid-1.5 Air-2 Brick-4 Furring and one of style Stud-4 GWB-0.625 Each Side. The result, with the Medium Detail Display Configuration set current, can be seen in the image below.

That is hardly what you would get from using the LINE command (or, at the least, not two uses of the LINE command). What Wall Style(s) are you using? The Standard Wall Style, which will be generated on the fly if it does not existing in your drawing file, will only show two parallel lines when viewed from the Top view direction ("plan view"). Is that what you are seeing?

Note that Walls typically only show 2D "plan" graphics when viewed from the Top view direction. (That can be altered, depending on what Display Configuration is current, but that is typically what is desired in a plan view.) Attaching a sample file that shows what you are seeing would help us help you.

Re: How to draw a wall

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:51:06 GMT

David,

I am looking for someone to help me make interior design changes along with minor exterior changes to a plan set I purchased. Can you please review the plan set I have and is this something you do?

Thank you,

Paul

Re: How to draw a wall

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:09:35 GMT

The Standard Wall Style, which will be generated on the fly if it does not exist in your drawing file, will only show two parallel lines when viewed from the Top view direction ("plan view"). Is that what you are seeing? yes, that is what I'm seeing

Re: How to draw a wall

David_W_Koch — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 02:27:48 GMT

If you want to see multiple components in your Walls (and, where appropriate, material designation hatches), then you need to use Wall Styles that have multiple components. Quite a few ship with the program (at least, for the US Imperial and US Metric content, they do - I imagine that most other content packs include a number of Wall Styles).

The out-of-the-box template files will not have these Wall Styles included. They will be found in separate "style source" files that are referenced by Tool Palette tools and/or included in the files that the Styles Browser has in its Content Library. Either of those sources can be used to easily bring additional Wall Styles into a drawing file as needed, which is why the template file does not have them built in. It is also easier to update/maintain Wall Styles (and Styles of any other AEC object) if you have just one source file where the master definition is kept.

If the content that comes with AutoCAD Architecture and the content pack(s) you have installed does not meet your needs, you can also create your own Wall Styles to suit your needs. Put them in your own Source file (that makes it easier to bring your custom content forward to future versions) and create Tool Palette tools and/or add your Source file(s) to the Styles Browser Content Library.

Re: How to draw a wall

David_W_Koch — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 02:29:05 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

David,

I am looking for someone to help me make interior design changes along with minor exterior changes to a plan set I purchased. Can you please review the plan set I have and is this something you do?

Thank you,

Paul

Good luck in your search. That is not something that I personally have time to do.