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In architectural practice it is a common to have composite wall structures. In some cases the various skins of the Composite Wall do not extend to the same height but start and end at various heights. This article is about how to create these kinds of structures in ArchiCAD 10 and later, using Complex Profiles.
For an overview of these topics, see Composite Structures and Place a Wall/Column/Beam with a Complex Profile in ArchiCAD Help.
But there is another way that does not require Solid Element Operations, plus it can provide you with better sectional representation of the Composite Structure.
200 mm thick, the bottom of the Fills should be 200 mm lower than the bottom of the studs.
Note: Be fully aware of where you place the Fills in relation to the Global Origin shown in the Profile
Editor Window. Elements placed at the Origin will be at the height specified for the Wall Base when the Wall is placed. The origin also corresponds to the reference line in plan. In this example, we want the veneer skins to extend lower than the Wall Base. Even though part of the wall mass extends below the origin (base), the origin determines the home story of the wall for 'automatic' walls. This solution has significant advantages over simply using composite walls and solid element operations to achieve the same result: With a conventional composite wall with a slab subtracted from it, the base of the wall would be the bottom of the lowest skin, causing an 'automatic' wall to have a home story one floor below the intended home story.
Move the two Stretch Lines (the dashed lines at the top and bottom of the Profile Editor window) to the positions which will define which portion of the Wall you will be able to stretch vertically in the model. In this example, we wish the portion extending below the Global Origin to remain fixed, and
the structure above the Global Origin to be stretchable, to accommodate various Wall Heights.
Turn on the Opening Reference design layer. The two opening reference lines (the vertical red lines in the Profile Editor window) are placed at the inner and outer surfaces of the Complex Wall.
Note: You can draw further elements of the Complex Wall in the Profile Editor to enhance the Section
of the Complex Wall. You may draw a Fill for the metal tie or other elements to be shown in the Section of the Complex Wall. However, you should not overpopulate the Profile Editor Window with these auxiliary elements, because they might affect the model size if they get overly complex. Use common sense to detail the Profile element only to the degree you model other parts of your building design.