Does anyone know what the following is for?
What’s the cavity override selection for? I have not been able to detect what this does either with or without a value.
Thanks,
Gareth.
Hi Gareth,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I will speak with the dev team & get it resolved.
For now, if you enter the same value as the Width field the results will be as intended when using the material in the model.
No problem Grant,
But what is the intended result? I am not following what the function is for.
Gareth.
Hi Grant,
I also noticed that the material brand function is not working.
There is a green dash that appears to be selectable, but it doesn’t do anything, and the drop-down list cannot be altered
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I have a few more observations/improvements/suggestions,
- In the interior walls selection, the insulation is visible in the wall cavity, appearing as red and clear. In other wall types, the insulation appears as a vertical strip. Can the graphic be updated to be similar to the interior wall type?
- Is there a reason why, on more complex walls, lightweight multiskin, as an example, the components jump around in the selection tool from interior to exterior? Following a buildup sequence, either interior-exterior or vice versa, would seem more intuitive.
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Can we have an “air/vapour barrier” selection behind drywall (in cold climates), instead of making a recipe?
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Is there a way to select the thickness of the continuous insulation? I have tried increasing the strapping to account for the missing insulation and also increasing the depth of the cladding. Still, both options are poor fixes when trying to detail with accuracy, as they also introduce errors into the BOQ, such as oversized strapping, etc. I am using insulation ranging from 25-150mm, and not being able to set the depth is a pain
Hi Gareth,
The field being visable was an issue that was missed but has now been rectified. When you create materials from now on it won’t appear.
The brand function should allow you to add your own brands, however for some reason it’s not working. Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention, I’ve passed it onto the dev team to fix.
Thank you for all the suggestions. I’ve responded to each of them below.
- The intended result of the small strip was to other wall ty to show where the material will be applied on the wall & not so much what the material is (the internal wall is just a special case). However, I’ve passed this onto the dev team to discuss it further.
- The reason comes down to how the tool was configured, however I’ll speak with the dev team to see if there’s anything that can be done to improve or resolve this.
- I will speak with the dev team about adding an air/vapour barrier material to walls & see what can be done. In the mean time, I would recommend to create a recipe in the takeoff & link it with a material in the wall (e.g. insulation or plasterboard) so that it can be quanitfied.
- Currently there’s no way of adding a thickness to continuous insluation other than by increasing the thickness of the sheathing to include the insulation thickness (which you mentioned you’ve already tried). I’ll take it back to the dev team as well & see if/what can be done about it.
@Andrew do you have anything to add to this? I know a lot of passive house users wanted double battens as well, not just for estimating with a recipe but showing subs & woners why there is a price variation to comply with 7 star regulations etc.
Also adding a selection to put underslab insulation rather than making geometry and using custom estimation. This way it can represent underfloor heating and or just insulation requirements. The termite barrier selection I use for moisture membrane. And if you wanted to go all out what about adding crushed stone as a selection under the insulation 
Hi Gareth,
Thank you for the suggestions, I’ve taken them back to the dev team for further discussion.