Product(s):	AECOsim Building Designer
	Version(s):	V8i (08.11.09.829)
	Environment:	Architectural Design
	Area:	N/A
	Subarea:	N/A

Problem

While using the new Place Profile tool, it seems that sometimes when profiles are joined to a corner using the Join at L command, the profile is no longer broken at any door/windows it crosses. It’s as though the door’s sense distance is too small to reach through the profile. The parameters that seem to cause this are:

1. Placing the profile using the “By Path” method
2. The profile crosses one or more doors
3. Joining the profile at a corner (since they don’t join on their own) with the “Connect Forms as L” tool
4. Having a wall thicker than the Sense Distance on the door (1’-0” by default in the US dataset)

Solution

This issue occurs because connecting the profiles disassociates them from the wall; remember that placing a profile using the “By Path” option is meant to assist in placement, not act as a constraint-creation tool. In order to resolve the issue simply increase the door or window’s Sense Distance value.