Multiple stacked wall types

[formarch.70565]

I'm a newbie so I've been building projects with generic walls but I would to create wall types to reflect actual conditions. Whats the best way to approach a wall were the bottom 3' has one construction type and the next coouple of feet has a different and the top portion is still something else. An example would be a 10' wall with a 2' masonry base, 6' frame stucco middle and a 2' top being frame with siding.

Another question,
My computer is a pentium 4 @ 1500 mhz -- Is that to small because the machine acts slow and I get memory complaints from Revit.

Thanks, Mike

[sbrown]

Create all 3 wall types.

Start with the most common wall type among the 3(location line set to face of core) going from the lowest level to the highest then create a level for each change in wall type and split the walls at these levels(easiest from a 3d view) and change the pieces to the proper wall types.

This composite will still all move as one piece. If you create the base first, then the next piece then the top, they will move sep. unless you align and lock them.

Note you don't have to create the levels, it just makes the walls easier to edit if you want to change the height of the base wall you just change the level.

[Wes Macaulay]

Scott's advice is right on. While Revit does allow vertically compound walls, it only works if all the materials are the same thickness, which usually they're not!