X6 Angular Wall Intersections Materials Limitations


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I do lots of plans with ICF exterior walls.  Below are four different wall types with angular intersections (45 & 90 degrees) and different material definitions for the main layer(s).  Here's the breakdown of wall types, main layer(s) and materials:

 

A.  X6's Out-of-the Box brick-6 with the main layer being 5.5" framing.  There are several other layers that I haven't listed ... all not included in the main layer.

B.  ICF with 4" exterior stone,[2.75" foam insulation, 6.25" concrete, 2.75" foam insulation], 1/2" drywall.  The three layers in brackets are checked for main layer.

C.  ICF with 4" exterior stone, 11.75" concrete, 1/2" drywall.  The concrete layer is the main layer.

D.  ICF with 4" exterior stone, 11.75" framing, 1/2" drywall.  The framing layer is the main layer.

 

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For "C", I have swapped out the concrete main layer with "Insulation Air Gap" and "Opening - No Material" and the angular wall intersections (45 degree) show the same gaps.  I experimented with the Wall Intersections settings (Through Wall at Start & Through Wall At End) settings and the only result was that it shift the location of the gaps at the 45 degree wall intersections.  As near as I can tell, this is a bug in the program that needs to be fixed. 

 

Has anyone else had issues with wall intersections and gaps and ugly lines with materials other than framing as I have experienced? 

 

The only solution I have found to eliminate the gaps is to keep the main layer as one layer only and make that layer as framing as is shown in "D".

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Curt,

 

Have you tried turning off the Walls, Thru Wall Lines layer?  That's the simplest one.

 

And don't forget the Edit Wall Layer Intersections tool, which will work in a lot of cases. 

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Glenn:

 

You are a genious ... I thought about using the Edit Wall Layer Intersections tool but for some reason didn't think it would work.  But that was the tool I needed to clean things up with.  Thank you.

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Curt,

 

Glad I could help Curt.

Who would have thunk it was so easy to be a genius (and I can even spell it proper) :) .

If I had known it was that easy to be a genius, I would have been one long ago!

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