Double Wall Opening Question

[JKEdmo]

Hello,

 

I'm trying to get two window openings to form at a deep double wall.

 

In red below:

 

 

I previously defined the fat furred out wall that the windows sit in as one wall definition.  However, that created a wall cleanup issue as the wall turned the corner plan right near the 1'-0" dimension.

 

Soooo, I thought I'd be clever and try two separate walls, but cannot seem to get the double wall opening to work.

 

Any tips would be appreciated.

 

Thanks once again,

 

Jim

 

 

[Doug_N]

2 hours ago, JKEdmo said:

Hello,

 

I'm trying to get two window openings to form at a deep double wall.

 

In red below:

 

 

I previously defined the fat furred out wall that the windows sit in as one wall definition.  However, that created a wall cleanup issue as the wall turned the corner plan right near the 1'-0" dimension.

 

Jim

 

 

Hi Jim,

 

Try this out.  Take a look at the wall definitions.

 

 

Doug

Double wall.plan

[Michael_Gia]

12 hours ago, JKEdmo said:

I'm trying to get two window openings to form at a deep double wall.

Why not just define one giant wall? 

(like in the bottom of the image)

 

[TeaTime]

2 hours ago, Michael_Gia said:

Why not just define one giant wall? 

Pretty sure if you created it the way he intends, (2x6, air gap, 2x4), the return on the right where it reduces into a normal 2x6 framed wall is gonna be funky.

Doug's furred wall w/ air gap is likely to build and frame the cleanest.

[JKEdmo]

13 minutes ago, TeaTime said:

the return on the right where it reduces into a normal 2x6 framed wall is gonna be funky.

That was the problem I was running into.  Doug's solution is working pretty well.  Although I'm getting double window shutters!

 

 

That said, I'd like to try Michael's suggestion to see if that works too.  I could see showing the air gap as a Cad block.

 

On deadline right now -- I'll circle back to this.

 

Once again, thanks for all help!

 

Jim

 

 

[Michael_Gia]

@TeaTime

 

@JKEdmo

 

I added a stud on the interior and a stud in the main layer of the wall.

This is how it frames...