To make this work consistently there needs to be some industry agreed abbreviations to be used for naming conventions and I have put this to CPIC. A list is presently being generated and will be published as part of the updated Uniclass Layering system which also requires similar abbreviations to be used.
Here is the basic logic.
The Wall name should be split into 3 fields and these are:
Field 1 Separator Field 2 Separator Field 3 (optional)
Usage _ Width Component _ WallType
Field 1 Usage will depend on the Usage classification defined within Uniclass which for walls is likely to be one of the following:
• External,
• Internal
• Party
• Retaining
• Garden
This will end with a _ as a separator.
Field 2 is the wall components and should be order from external components to internal component. The width of the component and abbreviation will be used. A list of agreed abbreviations will be published. Each component will be separated by a hyphen.
Field 3 (Optional) is to be used where walls contain the same components and widths but different materials have been assigned to them. May be the brick type is different or the block type etc. A project specific wall type reference can then be used to aid identification.