Richard_Morrison Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I find myself needing to model an existing house that wraps siding around the corner. (See 2nd floor, attached) I am guessing that a wall material region is the way to go rather than a thin polyline solid, but is there any reason to choose one vs. the other? Or some other approach? (BTW, I hate "stage sets" like this with a passion. LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I just break the wall and change it to match the front, you can break it exactly where you want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 On 1/15/2015 at 4:45 PM, DRAWZILLA said: I just break the wall and change it to match the front, you can break it exactly where you want it. That would be my choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_Morrison Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 I considered that, Perry, but have had issues of losing room definitions and other weirdness (which I can't recall right now). It seems safer to keep it as a single wall. I usually do the same if there are multiple patches in plan. I use multiple wall hatching entities rather than break the wall in multiple places. Could be this issue is fixed now, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I never have that problem-ever, so there must be something else wrong with the plan. I break walls all the time without losing room def. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_Morrison Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Been playing around with this, and it's coming back to me. The main problem with breaking walls to get a siding change is that any windows or doors spanning the break create problems. The wall material region resolves this issue nicely, since windows cut it just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Yes but if you have a window in the middle of a wall break, you are going to rebuild the whole wall anyway. I'd show it as it really is. Your doing it the hard way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_Morrison Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 On 1/15/2015 at 5:40 PM, DRAWZILLA said: Yes but if you have a window in the middle of a wall break, you are going to rebuild the whole wall anyway. I'd show it as it really is. Your doing it the hard way. Well, my point is that if you don't have wall breaks, you don't need to rebuild the wall. That seems like the hard way to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I was just looking at your plan ( photo) which doesn't have any windows in it. So it would be obvious to place a wall break there to accommodate for the siding. Much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurDent Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I'm with Perry and Scott. Break the wall and use two wall types (unless you actually need a window/door in the break). Wall breaks are much easier to maintain then material regions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwideziner Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Perry and Scotts method is how I do it. Its the simple way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Ditto............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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