Creating Wall Sections

[PhilvK]

When creating ¾” scale wall sections, is it better to cut a section in plan using the Section Tool, or to window a callout area on a smaller scale overall section, or does it matter?

[ToanDN]

Draw a section cut in the floor plan gives you control where the cut line is. Draw a call-out in a parent section inherits the cut line location of the parent view (you can still control view depth though). I use both.

[Alfredo_Medina · Accepted solution]

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@PhilvK wrote:

When creating ¾” scale wall sections, is it better to cut a section in plan using the Section Tool, or to window a callout area on a smaller scale overall section, or does it matter?

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It does matter. When you create a wall section, cut the section in plan view with the section type indicated as "Wall Section". This has some advantages: your wall section is indicated in plan views, your view is classified in the project broswer under "Wall Section", and you can apply a view template to the view type, and the wall section symbol can be different from building sections. 

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

You can classify a call-out View from a Building Section as a Wall Section as well.  That shouldn't be a factor.

[PhilvK]

Thank you both. Very helpful!

[Alfredo_Medina]

Yes, but if you notice, the view that you did as a callout does not create a mark for the wall section in plan, because that callout-section view tool is available when you are already in a section view. So it is simply a callout of a wall section, not a new wall section marked on the plan view. That's my point. 

[PhilvK]

How do you differentiate between a 'Building Section' and 'Wall Section' in the Project Browser? I'm using v2017

[ToanDN]

Does your Browser not look like this?  Did you assign the different Section types to different views?

[PhilvK]

I only have 'Sections (Building Sections)' and cannot find where to assign to "Wall Sections;

[ToanDN]

You need to highlight the sections or call-outs, and change their category from the View Properties palette drop-down list.

[PhilvK]

I do not have the Wall Section option you show in your screen grab, Just Detail Call Out and Building Section

[ToanDN]

You can create it by duplicating Building Section.  Or use transfer project standards to get it from a project already has Wall Section type.

[PhilvK]

I am having no luck Transferring a Wall Section from one project to mine. I opened a new project, cut a section, changed it from a Building Section to a Wall Section, and checked the box for Section Type in the Select Items To Copy window. No luck. What's the correct procedure?

[ToanDN]

Sounds like a correct procedure so I am not sure what is going on. Maybe just copy the Wall section cut object from Project2 and paste on your project.

[Alfredo_Medina]

Start a new building section, go to Edit Type > Duplicate > provide the new name: Wall Section. That's all you need to create a new type of section.

Optionally (recommended) create a different symbol for the wall section type.