All wall types shown as blue lines / wall thickness is locked

[Hosseinaskari.h]

hello, first issue is that when i try to draw a wall, the wall is shown right in preview but when drawn it shows as just two blue lines. i tried different profiles but that didn't work

and second is that in properties window when trying to add a wall somehow the width parameter is locked to profile default and i cant change it, i can change height and other numbers but i can't change the thickness 

[Hosseinaskari.h]

i should also add that walls are fine (expect the thickness problem) if i turn the view to 3d the walls are shown as they are but in top view they are all blue lines

[Hosseinaskari.h]

Hello Again, the blue line problem is fixed and it was caused by a change in cut plane number. i will be thankful if you could help me on the wall width being locked!

[David_W_Koch · Accepted solution]

What Wall Style are you using?  Some Wall Styles have a variable-width component that allows you to set a width.  Many others (particularly those with multiple components that make use of endcaps) do not.  You cannot change the width of Walls using the latter Wall Styles in the Properties palette.

[dbroad · Accepted solution]

Only generic wall styles or walls with a component that has a variable width (BW) have an accessible width property.

To understand this, add a standard wall, right click and choose "edit wall style".  On the component tab, there should be a single component with a width of "BW".  This means that the user can vary by making each wall a constant width.  If this were in Revit, it would be making the wall thickness ("base width") an instance property. 

To create a truly tapered  or freeform wall such a battered wall, you would need to model it as a mass element and then convert it to a wall.  Another method is to model as a solid, convert it to a mass element and then to a wall.

For others who might read the thread, a blue line displayed in the plan view isn't just related to the clipping plane height.  The diagnostic display configuration shows walls as blue lines with a triangle that shows the wall direction.

[Hosseinaskari.h]

Thank you dbroad and David koch for your answers !