material region doesn't appear in step down shower

[JBi-PDX]

Here in Florida, we do a lot of drop down showers (6" below the dry floor). When I add the material region to the shower walls, the material doesn't go all the way to the floor of the shower (you can see the drain at the bottom of the shower). The material region goes to the floor on another wall, but not this one.

 

I have the elevation camera set to back clip just behind the tile layer.

 

Any thoughts?

[JonathanK]

Why use a material region, and not use a wall type that has tile on one side?

 

You can set it as a pony wall with a standard interior wall on the top and adjust the height as needed in the wall dialog box.

[JBi-PDX]

That seems complicated. I'm working closely with an architect and we have standard wall thicknesses that are pre-defined. Not sure how this would mess with my definitions.

 

I'll have to give this some thought.

[JonathanK]

31 minutes ago, JBi-PDX said:

That seems complicated....

Not any more or less complicated than pulling an elevation view, and drawing a  material region, etc...

 

The nice thing with this, is that you have the wall type forever.  No need to recreate it.  And it can be as detailed as the architect wishes.

 

Personally, I keep material wall regions to things like tile backsplashes, or odd/ends type regions.

[robdyck]

1 hour ago, JBi-PDX said:

Any thoughts?

I'd suggest using a custom backsplash instead of a material region. The only reason is for the material and layer settings. I like to use the custom backsplash on the inside and the wall material region on the exterior of a building.

That being said, when you create a tile shower with a lower floor, you should be able to generate the correct backsplash shape with a single click. When I create a shower with a lower floor, I don't have any issue with the backsplash generating down to the correct elevation so that makes me wonder if there is some other issue with your plan.

If you can post your plan file, that would be helpful to identify a specific solution.

[JBi-PDX]

I figured it out - you have to select "Default Wall Bottom Height" on the wall specification of the wall behind the material region. That carries the wall all the way down to the new lower floor height.

 

Thanks, everyone.

 

Jason