• Attaching walls to sloped slabs

    Hi, I have sloped slabs and want to attach the walls to the slab. How can I do it without making an overlap between both structural elements?
  • Is there a process to transfer wall types from Revit to OBD?

    As mentioned in the title, Is there a process to transfer wall types from Revit to OBD? We are looking into the use of OBD, however we have many wall types in Revit and this would significantly help as making wall types in OBD takes lot of time…
  • Analytical surface area of wall - Location

    Hi All, I'm trying to figure out different options for placing the analytical plane of walls (middle / inner side / outer side) for the structural export via ISM. Using the described steps 1 and 2, I want to be able to place the physical wall centered…
  • WALL AND SLAB HOSTED ELEMENTS - SCHEDULES

    Hi All! I´m looking how to elaborate some specific schedules. I need to do two things: 1- Tag walls in a very large project. These tags should be unique by each specifica wall an slab, in order to later generate detail drawings of each of them…
  • Fillet / Chamfer Walls?

    Hello Good Bentley Fellas I was wondering is there's any way to chamfer or fillet an edge or a wall that belongs to the catalog, or if it's a way to transform it into smart geometry to further editing. Best Regards Rafael
  • Door cutting form that is on reference

    Greetings good Bentley community, I have a challenging question for you all, I'm placing a door that goes trough a wall that is on a reference file, unfortunately the door doesn't perforate the referenced wall. Anyone knows how to place walls…
  • RE: placing walls from linework

    This means that the created walls have no DataGroup information like hatch pattern, material, volume, fire ration, line weight etc. This information has to be added afterwards.
  • PROBLEM WITH WALL CLEANUP

    WALL CLEANUP DOES NOT WORK ON "WALL ASSEMBLIES" UNLESS PROCESSED ONE INDIVIDUAL "PART" AT A TIME, SIMILAR TO "TRIMMING" LINES IN 2D DRAWING.
  • AECOsim Wall Penetration Modification

    What is the easiest way to modify a wall penetration? For example, I have a penetration in my concrete lift station wall where my influent pipe is located and the pipe elevation has changed. Is there an easy way to change the location of the wall penetration…
  • Change wall orientation

    Is there any way to change the orientation of the wall after setting it out? With "orientation" I mean the reference line of the wall. E.g. changing it from orientation "left" to "senter" or "right".
  • Assigning Catalogue Definition to a Part

    Can you assign Catalogue Definitions to a part (NOT compound part)?? IE for a wall build up, I create the 'brick part' and the 'cavity part' and the 'plaster board part' etc. can I then assign Catalogue Definitions to the 'brick part' like type colour…
  • Wall Unify

    For some reason I can not get the walls to unify together. I got them to unify in Bentley Architecture XM but not in V8i. I set it up as much like I would have in XM. Any ideas why I'm not getting the walls to unify?
  • PROBLEM WITH WALLS IN REFERENCED FILES

    IF REFERENCE IS ATTACHED OF FILE IS CREATED WITH "WALL ASSEMBLY" THE MODEL WILL NOT SHOW UP IN EXTRACTION, EVEN THOUGH THEY APPEAR IN THE 3D MODEL. HOWEVER, IF THE REFERENCED FILE IS CREATED WITH SIMPLE "WALLS" AND IS ATTACHED, IT WILL BE EXTRACTED.
  • Re: Walls not showing up in Place Wall Command.

    Hi, Scott, Answering your last question first, the layout is rigid right now. However, if there are entries in the Wall catalog that you know your company will never use feel free to remove them. Going back to your first question, please…
  • Re: Class on building a Part - wall - wall assembly and DGWALL

    Eric, There is a class that covers creation of Single/Compound walls and the parts that make them up. Take a look at the AECOsim Building Designer - Advanced User Customization class on the Learn Server. This is an on demand class with a video walking…
  • CR Option for Walls to relate to Floor Manager storey height

    As an avid fan of the floor manager I have wanted to be able to set my wall heights to the storey height I am working at set in the Floor Manager. Buildings often have differing storey heights and given that we have input this information into the floor…
  • How can I change the hatch / color of a 3D element?

    Hi Folks, How can I change the hatch / color of a 3D element? (pic see attached) Q: Do I change the hatch in 3D model or in the sheet? Q: How I can do this? (Step by Step would be fine) Q: How I can organize that the hatch is associative to…
  • Re: Part/Families and DGWalls

    We use our own Parts & Families based on Masterformat. Some examples include: Family = 030000 (Structural Concrete) Part = A_Precast (Architectural Precast Elements) Family = 040000 (Masonry) Part = Brick_Extr_03 5/8_A (3 5…
  • Re: Recesses in Walls in Bentley Architecture

    Catherine, You can use the same Cut Solid by Curves tool on Bentley Architecture walls that you used on MicroStation solids. If you want to place a recess in a BA wall: Draw a closed shape that defines the shape of the recess on the face of…
  • Hatching Association for Walls

    Hi i'm wondering how to assign Hatching patterns to walls so in a Floor plan view the walls will appear hatched. It needs to be associated with the walls so when a change is made to the walls the hatching also changes. I'm using just the default wall…
  • sloped walls

    Hi, I am using Triforma V8 XM to produce architectural 3D models. I have been using the 'Place Linear Form' to create my walls. However I do have some areas in the floor plan that have ramps. How do I create sloped walls? I also need to create…
  • Re: PB with extraction DEM

    Hi emilberger Today i have expose my pb to Bentley and i hope some answer. So the general pb is how to work in 3D in architecture. Make a draw in 3d, no pb (or not yet..lol no). But the pb is to make extraction. With the DEM, many cells are not…
  • Placing User-Defined Compound Wall as Arc

    I have created a compound wall type and have successfully placed it as a straight wall. However when I try to place it as an arc (edge or center) it disappears on the final click. The screengrab shows what I see before the final click. The wall…