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Anonymous · ‎2008-10-15

I've been reading this Wiki:

http://www.archicadwiki.com/TechNotes/Composite%20Walls%20with%20Varying%20Skin%20Heights?highlight=...

and following what it says to do about setting the vertical stretch but my walls still won't change height. Is there something missing from the instructions?

Rick

Karl Ottenstein · ‎2008-10-16

Looks OK to me - on quick scan. Note that you cannot shrink a wall shorter than its profile - you can only make it taller by stretching the vertical stretch zone.

Karl

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Anonymous · ‎2008-10-16

That would be the problem then. I knew that was usually the case but I thought this Wiki article was showing a way around that. Oh well, Trim to Roof still works.

Rick

Anonymous · ‎2008-10-16

I guess I can make my walls really short from the get-go.

Rick

Dwight · ‎2008-10-16

There's ALWAYS a solution.

Dwight Atkinson

Anonymous · ‎2008-10-16

That's pretty much my motto, Dwight. I also believe you can engineer anything to work.

Rick

Karl Ottenstein · ‎2008-10-16

Wrathchild wrote:
I guess I can make my walls really short from the get-go.

Rick

Actually, that is what one should do for complex profiles - make the wall as short as it every might be (or some reasonable small unit - such as 1' tall), so that you have the flexibility to make it some arbitrary height.

I've seen a number of people who have created profiles for walls that are 10' tall - kind of eliminates possibilities when done that way.

Cheers,
Karl

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AC 27 USA and earlier • macOS Ventura 13.6.6, MacBook Pro M2 Max 12CPU/30GPU cores, 32GB

Dwight · ‎2008-10-16

That was also Rube Goldberg's motto.

http://www.break.com/index/best_rube_goldberg_ever.html

Dwight Atkinson

Dwight · ‎2008-10-16

Karl wrote:
Actually, that is what one should do for complex profiles - make the wall as short as it every might be

And of course, everyone knows that the stretch range can be limited to specific regions of the section?

You move the dotted lines to encapsulate the stretchy area.....

Dwight Atkinson

Anonymous · ‎2008-10-16

Dwight wrote:
That was also Rube Goldberg's motto.

http://www.break.com/index/best_rube_goldberg_ever.html

Wonder how many takes it took to get that all to work. ROFL

Rick

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