Wall Joins - Squared Off as default

Wall Joins - Squared Off as default

adveencha
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Wall Joins - Squared Off as default

adveencha
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How do I make my wall corners default to 'squared off', rather than having to use 'wall joins' to modify every corner? 

Currently my corners look wacky and I have to use 'wall joins' modification on every exterior corner. See attached image.

Revit 2023.

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adveencha
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Here is another example. The top walls defaults to wacky 'butt' joins. The bottom walls default to 'square off' joins.

How do I get all my walls to default to 'square off' joins, so I don't have to use the 'wall joins' tool on every single corner.

I have run through all the properties and type properties on both walls and can't find any setting that effects the corners.

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ToanDN
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What is your wall assembly's layer function order?  If you order them properly then the walls should not join like what you show.

 

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/Revit-M...

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barthbradley
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Why don't you Miter the corners using the Wall Join Tool on the Modify Tab?  

 

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/Revit-M....

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adveencha
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Do you see something wrong in my assembly?

This is the assembly I've been using for years and it's worked until now, version 2023.

 

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barthbradley
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Why don't you just allow auto-join? 

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ToanDN
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You have both finishes as finish 1. Change one finish to finish 2.

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adveencha
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I was hoping you were onto something but changing one of the finish 1 layers to finish 2 didn't work.

 

I have 'join status' turned to 'allow' when drawing the walls.

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ToanDN
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Share your test file here because my Revot 2023 works the same as all other versions.

 

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barthbradley
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@adveencha wrote:

 

Currently my corners look wacky and I have to use 'wall joins' modification on every exterior corner. 


 

How did the walls become unjoined? Did you purposely disallow auto-join?  If not, then your Options Bar Join Status must read "Disallow".  Change it. 

 

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adveencha
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Okay new discovery: It's only on walls with a 'Base Extension Distance' greater than 0' AND when the 'View Depth' & 'Bottom' in the 'View Range' is set to 'Unlimited'.

Given that it is happening in what I'll call a unique or uncommon scenario, I'm going to manually 'wall joins' all my corners and move on with life.

 

I have attached a file to illustrate it if you're curious to see what I'm seeing.

 

Thanks for your input everyone.

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ToanDN
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Interesting finding.  Then you would need to miter join to fix those conditions.