Wall type for a "Wall Niche"?

[ACADuser]

Does a wall have to have framing to build a wall niche?

 

[Joe_Carrick]

Try it 

I'm pretty sure it will need at least 2 layers but I'm not sure it requires a framing layer.

[ACADuser]

Oh I did & it will not place in that wall.

[ACADuser]

OK changed the Main layer to Framing / ticked the box that is & no it will not place it.

Changed the Main layer to Framing Wood, that also failed.

I'll try tech support.

 

[Joe_Carrick]

Stange, I have no problem inserting a Niche.  It doesn't matter what the wall is - even a single layer concrete wall works.

 

What are your "Wall Niche" defaults?  Maybe one of the dimensions is too small.

[ACADuser]

I can place the niche in any other wall, no problem.

 

[VHampton]

can you place a window? If so, then that could solve.

 

A poly-line skin on the outside wall can cover the opening. 

 

 

 

 

[Dermot]

Have you tried placing the niche while in a plan view?

 

Apparently, there is a problem in camera views if your wall is too thick.  Shouldn't matter how many layers you have or if any of them is marked as framing.  It's just the total thickness.

 

[ACADuser]

Thanks for the help.

 

Brian said this:

 

I was able to reproduce this issue and I have logged a report in our database.

The problem with placing the niche in 3D seems related to the thickness of the wall. For some reason it doesn't work once the wall becomes greater than 22" thick. You should be able to place in 2D though, but your case this is complicated by the windows on the top of the wall. You could work around this by changing the Vertical Stacking level of the windows in that wall. Doing this will allow you to place the niche in plan view.