ragetoca Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Newbie question - working on a commercial interior space with 18'-0" high demising rated walls on each side, I want to be able to change the interior (non rated) partition wall heights to 12'-0" high (there is no ceiling, open to structure above) - When I change the room definition or structure ceiling height, the demising walls also change......Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlackore Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Maybe make the shorter interior walls half walls with a railing height of 17'. Or put in a manual ceiling plane at 17', then define all the interior walls to Stop at Ceiling Above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlackore Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Here is a room, 18' exterior walls, manual ceiling plane at 17' with an air gap material definition, interior wall with Stop at Ceiling Above checked. The ceiling you see is a manual polyline solid - I couldn't figure out any other way of putting a ceiling back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution DRAWZILLA Posted January 28, 2015 Solution Share Posted January 28, 2015 Add a second floor to the structure then you can make the ceiling system out of the 2nd floor and adjust the height of the floor/ ceiling to wherever you want. If you want no walls to show on the 2nd floor then just make them invisible. Also use open below for no floor and to adjust wall height Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evergreen Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 For the service area in a furniture store, I used half walls to place my counters. It worked out better than using cabinets, IMO. The "working" counters are one height the "transaction top" another. The wall behind the counter is a half wall also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragetoca Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 :wacko: :unsure: Why so complicated? we should be able to create a half wall that we are able to adjust the height.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evergreen Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 That's exactly what I did...post #5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragetoca Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Mike - I cannot seem to find where to control the height of the low wall.....I am blinded by 20 years of Autocad.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evergreen Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I feel your pain, I have used autoCAD/MicroStation for about the same amount of time. Anyway, build your half-walls, then click on the section(s) you want changed, and go to the Newels/Balusters tab and change the "railing" height. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragetoca Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 The half wall does not work - when I add doors to the half wall (10'-0" tall) the wall above the door is cut out / dissapears....see attached Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwideziner Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 See post #4 from Perry. Thats the way I would try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragetoca Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Perry - your solution worked - Thank you sir....it took me a second to figure it out, I also had to delete the base moulding on the 2nd fl....Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evergreen Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 You were not specific on just how you were using these walls, but you could still use half walls and insert a door... Just select the half-wall, check "attic wall" in "General" tab, and in a cross section view click the wall and type in your height in the temporary dimension. I think CA almost had it in this regard, but still a work around. But now there are two choices for the approach... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewoman Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I am having the same problem. But being VERY green with this software, can someone please tell me where to go to find "making the walls invisible" and how to make it "open below". I can't even find a question I posted last night on this board. Am I crazy or is this stupidly difficult. Adjusting a wall height should be BASIC and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evergreen Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I am having the same problem. But being VERY green with this software, can someone please tell me where to go to find "making the walls invisible" and how to make it "open below". I can't even find a question I posted last night on this board. Am I crazy or is this stupidly difficult. Adjusting a wall height should be BASIC and simple. Simple?, CA is not quite there yet. As far as the partial height walls, build them as you would, then in a cross section view, click on the wall towards the top and type in the height in the temporary dimension. Before you do this, open preferences, and uncheck "Select Room Before Wall in 3D" in the Architectural tab, or else you will/could be changing the entire level's height. As far as making a wall invisible, select the wall, open for specification (or just double click on it) and choose, well, you guessed it, "Invisible" in the options section. The "Open Below" is a "Room" condition. Can be used in different situations, but is very common for stairs. To use it click in the room of your choice and select from the "Room Type" drop down, "Open Below" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I am having the same problem. But being VERY green with this software, can someone please tell me where to go to find "making the walls invisible" and how to make it "open below". I can't even find a question I posted last night on this board. Am I crazy or is this stupidly difficult. Adjusting a wall height should be BASIC and simple. What is interesting if you know the program is you do not need to adjust wall heights, it is automatic. Believe me you are green, stick with it and you will catch on soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefer Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Adjusting a wall height should be BASIC and simple. It is. Click partition wall in cross section or 3d mode > press tab key > drag down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 FireWoman you can't find you post from here yesterday , cos you posted it at Hometalk , not Chieftalk I answered over there... https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/793-beginner-q-exterior-wall-height/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewoman Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Evergreen - Thank you. By simple I meant a wall height. I don't have an Architectural Tab in preferences so I guess I should have started my question stating I have Suite 2015. I found the invisible feature, thanks, but in following what DRAWZILLA suggested, that did not work. dshall - I think the problem is actually that it is automatic. It is changing the height of all the walls. I am green on THIS software, but hopefully I will catch on. It is only the second day using it. I actually watched a lot of the tutorials beforehand and didn't think I'd have a problem at all. Somehow I don't think it's just me that's the problem. Chiefer - It's not. If you think adding a second floor (and somehow being expected to know that) to a plan that actually doesn't have a second floor, and having to do all of these adjustments to simply size a wall is simple then you were probably one of the ones that rated this software user friendly Doing what you suggested doesn't work because it changes ALL of the walls which was the topic of this thread to begin with. So.... I still have not been able to change the wall height. Great... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewoman Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Kbird1 - where am I? Ba ha ha This is just crazy. All I know is I clicked forums from the tab on the website i purchased the software from. I swear as much as I am looking like a dingbat, I'm not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewoman Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 And the funny thing was that when I searched that forum for "wall height" and no threads came up I couldn't believe it. Then when I came back on this morning, there were lots of them so I just clicked this one. So I am guessing I don't belong here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefer Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Doing what you suggested doesn't work because it changes ALL of the walls which was the topic of this thread to begin with. No second floor needed on this. That's why I suggested to press the Tab key. Try it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefer Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 So are using Suite 2015. I rest my case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewoman Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 No second floor needed on this. That's why I suggested to press the Tab key. Try it again. Doesn't work. So are using Suite 2015. I rest my case. Yes, I am. What exactly is your case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefer Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 You are in the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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