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    I thought I'd share this possible solution...

    We have been using the "tape" method of graphically showing fire rated walls. We used the hatch patterns some of you posted for 1 and 2 HR walls which works very well typically. A problem we ran into was on large multi-family projects with many unit types. We Group unit types (ie: UPN A1, UPN B3, etc.) and the corridor walls are usually grouped with the unit, so as the plans are adjusted through the design phases the entry doors and their wall recesses can be adjusted acordinigly. The corridor walls are typically 1 HR rated walls. Now, Units don't always line up nicely across the hall from one another and as the building gets divided up by 2 HR Area Separation Walls, there are portions of the corridor wall running along Units that need to have a 2 HR rating. Since this is an a-typical condition and does not occur at every UPN B3 (for instance) how do you change the wall and it's rating without creating another group?

    One way we've devised is to create a "Stacked Wall" for the Corridor Wall where the lower portion is a 1 HR wall structure (with the 1 HR fire hatch) and the upper portion is a 2 HR wall structure (with 2 HR fire hatch). Typically a "View Range" is set to 4'-0", so we split the corridor wall at 4'-6" and put a "Plan Region" set to 5'-0" around that "a-typical" 2 HR corridor condition. We actually end up faking the 2 HR portion of the wall by making it the same thickness as the 1 HR wall...otherwise our corridor walls would show a difference in thickness in each building section. Since these 2 HR jogs are typically short runs to the next demising wall, we can live with the fact that the width is not correct here as long as the fire rating tape reads correctly.

    I have attached an example rvt file. Take a look and if you have any other ideas on this solution, please share.

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    Default Re: Graphic solution at fire rated walls.

    What's wrong with filters for showing fire ratings? Isn't this one of the reasons they were implemented?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Spot
    What's wrong with filters for showing fire ratings? Isn't this one of the reasons they were implemented?
    It's a graphics issue. The fire tape method uses a drafting fill pattern which is associated to the stud layer in the wall's makeup. You then select the stud "material" and apply the fill pattern to it's cut pattern. Filters do not allow you to switch out fill patterns within a wall's makeup and we don't want to switch out an entire wall type. We are only looking to change the rating for a short run of the wall's length and since this wall is part of a group the wall type can't be switched out without affecting the group.

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    This whole fire-rating issue needs to be better handled than using cut hatches in my opinion. I don't like the use of hatches, because I want to be able to use solid hatched walls (whether black, white or grey) for presentation reasons. It should be as simple as selecting a rating instance parameter value within the wall and then you would set up a fire rating plan. Depending on what rating it is, the walls display with the appropriate graphic representation. I would like all this to be built-in and making use of user assigned annotation families or something similar for each different rating, in order to take care of regional/cultural/office standards differences. But right now I'm resorting to the old fire tape method. I built one detail component line-based family with arrays and all the rating types are controlled from within it with visibility parameters (wall to deck non-rated, 1 hr, 2 hr, 3 hr). Then I just turn my view to coarse detail, set my cut hatch to white, select the detail component tool in the drafting Tab and use the pick lines to select the wall centerline. And pick your merry way until you're done.....the only drawback at the moment is that this doesn't work with curves. I'll build one later to handle curves....or perhaps I'll use the railing tool YET AGAIN for something other than a railing

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    Default Re: Graphic solution at fire rated walls.

    Quote Originally Posted by dbaldacchino
    This whole fire-rating issue needs to be better handled than using cut hatches in my opinion. I don't like the use of hatches, because I want to be able to use solid hatched walls (whether black, white or grey) for presentation reasons. It should be as simple as selecting a rating instance parameter value within the wall and then you would set up a fire rating plan. Depending on what rating it is, the walls display with the appropriate graphic representation. I would like all this to be built-in and making use of user assigned annotation families or something similar for each different rating, in order to take care of regional/cultural/office standards differences. But right now I'm resorting to the old fire tape method. I built one detail component line-based family with arrays and all the rating types are controlled from within it with visibility parameters (wall to deck non-rated, 1 hr, 2 hr, 3 hr). Then I just turn my view to coarse detail, set my cut hatch to white, select the detail component tool in the drafting Tab and use the pick lines to select the wall centerline. And pick your merry way until you're done.....the only drawback at the moment is that this doesn't work with curves. I'll build one later to handle curves....or perhaps I'll use the railing tool YET AGAIN for something other than a railing
    Agreed. This needs to be addressed to allow for different office standards.
    We assign a solid fill cut pattern to the wall material in object styles, so by default in a coarse detail view we have poched walls. It is when we set the detail view to medium that we see the fire-rating hatch. If the wall is assigned a fire-rating, we should have graphic control to be able to show that as needed. I don't like the idea of re-tracing the walls in order to show the fire rating like we did in autocad.

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    Default Re: Graphic solution at fire rated walls.

    Hey DG,

    Awesome tip by the way. This is the same look that ADT does when you use the F.R.R. tool. Do you think you could please post the hatches you used?

    Again a great tip!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by independentdrafting
    Hey DG,

    Awesome tip by the way. This is the same look that ADT does when you use the F.R.R. tool. Do you think you could please post the hatches you used?

    Again a great tip!!!
    These patterns were from someone's previous post. I don't remember who's, but I'm glad they shared.
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    Default Re: Graphic solution at fire rated walls.

    GREAT! THANKS AGAIN!!

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    So then how do your exterior walls show up in plan views? We use a lot of cavity walls (CMU walls with Brick veneer or Cold Formed Metal Framing with brick veneer) and I just don't see how you can use these fills without compromising the rest of the drawing set. What happens in wall sections? Do you just set your views in coarse detail and don't see the wall layers and then just add detail components?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dbaldacchino
    So then how do your exterior walls show up in plan views? We use a lot of cavity walls (CMU walls with Brick veneer or Cold Formed Metal Framing with brick veneer) and I just don't see how you can use these fills without compromising the rest of the drawing set. What happens in wall sections? Do you just set your views in coarse detail and don't see the wall layers and then just add detail components?
    We don't assign fire-rating tape to exterior walls, only interior walls. Ratings for exterior walls are shown in the exterior wall assembly sheets. The exterior walls show all of their layers (ie, stucco, studs, air space, interior finish, etc.) in plan as usual. For rated interior walls (which the fire department insists shows up graphically on the plans) we create a new "material" layer and assign the cut pattern there. Our building sections are usually in coarse detail mode (or we turn off the wall cut pattern in that view if it is large scale) while enlarged sections are made up of detail components with the background turned off. Sure, it's still a workaround...but it seems to be a fairly efficient method for us. At least until this Wish List item is addressed by factory.

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