Hi,
I'm rebuilding a model for LEED submittal. I've done the baseline model and now want to edit it to create the design model (I know this is backwards). I just found that I have some exterior walls that were made using an interior wall construction. When I open the properties of that wall, I can change it to EWall with the dropdown, but it doesn't change its designation icon.
Thanks,
MARK DARRALL, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB
I do not think it is possible to change a wall from interior or exterior
directly, if it is I haven't figured out how. I think the quickest way to do
this is create a new exterior wall and then put it in the same place as the
existing interior wall and then delete the interior wall.
Thank you! I'll try that.
MARK DARRALL, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB
Attached guide/discussions will be of interest ;).
~Nick
NICK CATON, E.I.T.
If you want to change a wall type from interior to exterior or from exterior to
underground, you can edit the wall type in the input file.
I have changed exterior walls to underground walls by changing the wall type to
UNDER-GROUND and deleting the SHADING SURFACE = YES line. I do not change the
CONSTRUCTION in the input file, I find it easier to assign that in the Detailed
mode.
This will even change the wall color on the 3D Shell view.
You can follow a similar procedure for interior to exterior walls.
Paul Diglio
or open the .inp file w/notepad or your favorite text editor & change it
there.
exterior definition:
"EL1 North Wall (G.C10.I42)" = INTERIOR-WALL
NEXT-TO = "OFFICE-183 (f1.s9)"
CONSTRUCTION = "Interior Wall Construction"
LOCATION = SPACE-V3
..
interior definition:
"EL1 West Wall (G.ENE9.E14)" = EXTERIOR-WALL
CONSTRUCTION = "90.1-2004 Exterior Wall"
LOCATION = SPACE-V2
SHADING-SURFACE = YES
..
Thanks to all for the help on-list and off with this! Since I only have two relatively small walls to fix, I'll try doing it in the .inp file. I'll save the original one under a new name just in case...
MARK DARRALL, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB