I have just installed TFP version 15.
Using the veneer walls of Generic Walls - AU/NZ the 2D view only displays the inner thickness,
70mm for the 230 wall and 90mm for the 240 wall. The brick veneer does not display in 2D, but does display in 3D.
Has anybody else experienced this?
It also happened to me in version 14 also.
Hi Ray,
Yes it looks like we have a bit of an issue here in the sense that you now have to turn framing on, to see any structure inside the wall but even then it is not correct. The framing appears, but it is down the centre of the wall, not to one side as it should be, with the brick veneer on the other side of a gap. Previously you could not set the total thickness, as it would add the veneer to the exterior of the size set for the core. Now we can set the total thickness of the wall, but the frame is in the wrong place and no 'gap' between the framing and bricks is shown.
It is actually not showing the veneer in 3D either - gives that impression because it uses the Exterior texture once the 4 walls join to make a room, but the thickness stays the same.
Actually I am a little bit suspicious that we should not have received the Australian and New Zealand elements in the first place. They are normally a separate purchased item here in Australia. They did not appear in previous releases of the metric catalogue and are not in the current Imperial one either. At the same time there are no veneer walls in the Imperial one at all.
I am going to make some official inquiries about this situation, as they are working on e some other things with the walls at the moment, so we may be able to get this addessed in a patch later on.
In the meantime, if you turn the framing on and also make sure that all the 2D parts of the wall Appearance have a line style set, you will get something like it should be.
I have also attached a couple of BIM files for you to import if you want to use them. The first has a couple of veneer walls I created earlier and may be about what you want as they are. One has a steel frame but that can be editied. The frame, gap and veneer should show OK in the right place but you can only adjust the 'core' to influence the total thickness. Unfortunately the auto interior dimensions only reads the core, so, if you need this dimension, you will have to slide the outer side of the dimensions line out to the edge of the wall, for this to read correctly. The second BIM file may need some adjusting of the core and frame setting but will then look reasonable. Importing the BIM files will insert them into your walls catalogue. You should find that these BIM files of the Veneer walls will display correctly even with framing turned off, so should od what you want.
Hope that is some help.
Allan
Hi Allan,
Thanks for your reply and .bim files, very helpful.
Ray