Wall Type Material Problem

[SC_drafting]

Hey all-

 

I'm trying to define various wall types- both interior and exterior with either T&G interior siding, or drywall. As far as I understand it, there are two locations where you can modify a wall's materials- the wall type definitions, and the materials panel on an individual wall. My problem is that those two sources of information aren't matching up and are resulting in an incorrect appearance for my walls.

 

For example, I'll create my default exterior wall (2x6 with lap siding, OSB, and T&G), open it in the wall definition dialog, make a copy, and change it to drywall. Then I go to the materials panel, and it still says that the interior finish is T&G, so I change it to drywall there. Now it looks correct in the plan, BUT if I delete it, create a new default exterior wall, and change it to the wall that I just defined correctly, it will show up with T&G on the inside. The wall type is the same way I set it, but the material in the material panel is back to T&G instead of drywall. If I set the new wall as the default it'll appear correctly when I re-create it, but I don't need it as the default, just as an option in the wall types. And as soon as as I set a different wall as the default it won't appear correctly.

 

It seems like the material panel should be taking information from the wall definition unless I change it, but it doesn't seems to be communicating with the wall type information...? Any help would be much appreciated.

[javatom]

Under the wall definition dialog, make sure you have "use default" checked.  Then make the changes to the two wall types.  Could be other things at play but this is my rough guess.

[SNestor]

Define your wall with the materials you want, then...in the materials tab make sure all the materials listed show these as "default". 

 

If not, then open the material and change it to "Use Default" from the list of plan materials...or, check the box at the bottom of the LIBRARY MATERIALS dialogue..."Use Default Material"

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[SC_drafting]

Both of those options fix the appearance of the wall, but when I delete the wall and make another wall of the same type I have to do it again. Is there a way to make that setting permanent?