Opening (eg Window, Door) through "multiple" walls

[veso58S5W]

Dear Useful Qualified Knowledge Revit Users,

hope you can help me quickly, as opposite to trying to read pages and pages of Instruction materials.

Is it possible to have walls "plastered" one over the other?
The sample I am trying to do is wall consisting of several components, looking like this:

Here is explanation of components

The light blue is Metal Insulated Panel 8cm. Orangebrown is Clay Block 25cm.

What would be ideal for me is to have those two components as separate walls, but still to have ability to place openings (window/door) what is going to cut through both walls at once.

If I can achieve that I would be able to visually (prints, pdf) present separately Block Walls and in separate, different, print Metal Panels.

I know I can do Wall Opening (one wall would carry the window, other will have Opening, behind the window) but it is cumbersome and create huge work when position is changed.

As always, thank you very much for constructive suggestions. Forgot to say I use Revit '24 LT

[David_Knight]

join the walls, they should cut.

[barthbradley]

Create Parts. That would get you to where you want to go pretty effortlessly. 

https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2022/ENU/?guid=GUID-DA150C6B-996C-4C70-9E8C-3C536C232851

[veso58S5W]

This looks so easy, I'll try it 😎

[veso58S5W]

Can't find command to Join walls (other than connecting them)

[azad.Nanva]

[veso58S5W]

Don't think this feature is included in RevitLT.

Looks like I am missing command, comparing to AD instructional video.

Instructional video

My options in LT

 

[David_Knight]

You should according to the manual.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVTLT/2024/ENU/?guid=GUID-AF8D2C97-F8D8-4957-AD23-672E728A6BC9

did you maybe hide the toolbar by mistake?

[veso58S5W]

I'll check, usually I do not adjust anything on the programs I do not know 110%

Where I can find out if it is "removed"

[barthbradley]

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@veso58S5W wrote:

Don't think this feature is included in RevitLT.

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Bummer. 

Then, as instructed above, use Join Geometry Tool to join together multiple Wall Types together so that the Window Opening will through all - or use a Void Extrusion, in lieu of an Opening Cut in the Window Family.   Make sure the Void Extrusion is deep enough to penetrate through all Wall Types in the Project, and to check "Cuts with Void when Loaded" in the Window Family Properties.  Using this approach, you manually cut the additional Walls with the Window Family using Cut Geometry. 

[David_Knight]

What i meant, was if it got dragged off to a different part of the screen.  They can be moved around.  Your toolbar should look like this one, the join button is near the word geometry on the 4th panel from the left:  

https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVTLT/2024/ENU/?guid=GUID-1CA04013-04CE-4F55-9B0C-68FD7E7FF80B

[veso58S5W]

I checked both. Not available in LT

This is Revit tools ribbon

This is LT ribbon 😪

 

[David_Knight]

Your Looking at the assembly tool, I'm just talking about the join tool...

I can see the button right there on the left near the word geometry.

[veso58S5W]

...and this is also to @barthbradley 

I don't think that Join command can do anything to the walls what are not intersecting. If you hover over Join command you'll have little video of what command is made for.

[barthbradley]

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@veso58S5W wrote:

...and this is also to @barthbradley 

I don't think that Join command can do anything to the walls what are not intersecting. If you hover over Join command you'll have little video of what command is made for.

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Regarding your inquiry: two approaches have been mentioned here that will work in LT. 1) Opening and Join Geometry and 2) Void Extrusion and Cut Geometry.  

@barthbradley - this post has been edited due to Community Rules & Etiquette violation.

[David_Knight]

I would include an "air" layer to fill the void myself, then join them.  

If you don't like that, go the void method mentioned earlier.

[veso58S5W]

No teaching anybody here Barth, just trying to find solution.
Unfortunately, I can't upload a video so you can see that commands I am trying to do are not making any difference.

[veso58S5W]

I managed to upload a small video of what is happening with two walls when I try to Join them.
Walls are from same family, in same Floor Plan. 
Can anyone figure out why they are not joining each other and becoming one entity?

[David_Knight · Accepted solution]

can you post a sample file? copy/paste those things into a blank file and i can take a look.

[veso58S5W]

Thank you David, I'll make a sample file and post it.