Revit 2020 - irregular wall shape by model-in-place

[johnpen]

Hello Guys, 

Option 1: I am modelling an irregular shape wall from component / model-in place then I chose wall from family category and parameters ( as image 1 ). When I applied the material "brick common" both side exterior and interior and topside all changed to "brick material" ( as imaged 2 ), I would need the exterior side to be in brick material and Otherside would be another material, for instance, gypsum wall finish as per the adjacent wall. 

Option 2: I did model an irregular shape wall from component / model-in place then I chose generic models from family category and parameters ( as image 3). I can apply different material on any side of the wall but the problem is that if I choose this option. I cannot place a window or door into this generic model wall. 

Please share some option or solution. Very much appreciated. 

JohnPena

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[syman2000 · Accepted solution]

Have you tried paint by surface? This will allows you to have brick on one side and gypsum on the other with in-placed wall.

[martijn_pater · Accepted solution]

You could use paint as mentioned above. Not sure what your wall looks like, but you can also model the wall layers by doing several extrusions/sweeps etc. You can then add material (parameter) to each of those, and/or paint...

ps Are you familiar with wall by face option or is it not an option here?

pps it is also possible to do an in-place void cut on a regular wall (cut within edit mode) fwiw...

[barthbradley]

Why In-Place for these walls? There's nothing particularly "irregular" about them, at least from what I see here.  Why not just model them as System Family Walls? 

Another modeling method, would be to apply System Family Walls to a Mass Face. So, instead of modeling an In-Place Wall, model an In-Place Mass and then use Wall by Face to place the Wall.  

[martijn_pater]

Hi@johnpen Did you resolve this issue? Still not sure how your wall is irregular really, can you show it better? With a few sections/close-up 3d perhaps?

[johnpen]

Hi @syman2000  sorry for my very late reply. I was offline for several days. Thank you for your solution. I initially used paint to surface but It was an error from my end without realizing I was not in sketch mode when I applying paint to the surface that's why it's not working. 

[johnpen]

Hi @martijn_pater 

Very sorry for the late reply. Yes, I used the paint to surface tools for my wall on the interior side. Partition wall in extrusion I used both the paint to surface tools and material and it solved the problem. Thank you. 

Wall by face option is not option

Yes I used in-place void cut on my wall openning. thank you again. 

[johnpen]

Hi @barthbradley  

Very sorry for the late reply.  the main house envelope I did it in System Family Walls. Partition wall I modeled it in-place wall extrusion due to irregular wall thickness.  I had used the paint to surface tools and material parameters that solved the issues. 

I never tried this method. I will try this and let you know. Thank you for your suggestion. 

[johnpen]

Hi @martijn_pater  thank you for asking. Issues had been resolved. Again thank you. 

[johnpen]

Hi @barthbradley  Just to say thank you. In-place mass and wall by face works for me and helps a lot.