Walls auto connecting

[MarcBoudreau]

Hello,

I'm designing a pole barn and I'm drawing walls in between the poles.  I would like to have the walls independent but they keep joining together when I align them.  Is there a way to disable this auto joining of walls?

 

Here the walls don't auto connect because one of the walls is not at 90 degrees.  I suppose I could leave it like this as a work around.

 

 

 

Here the walls auto-connect when I fix the off angle to 90 degrees:

 

 

Thanks for your help.

 

 

 

[MarcBoudreau]

Initially, I created a new wall definition using the default "exterior wall" as my starting point.  This seems to have lead to the auto-snapping issues.  I re-created my walls using the default "interior wall" and this seems to work better as these walls don't seem to auto snap together.  I would still like to know if the auto-snaping of walls can be disabled.

 

[DavidJPotter]

1 hour ago, MarcBoudreau said:

Is there a way to disable this auto joining of walls?

 

Not that I know of. You could use soffits or custom slabs to emulate walls, they do not snap together like walls.

 

DJP

[Rookie65]

What happens if you use the "break wall" tool on either side of the posts?

[Garybills]

I did this on a porch but the post were 12” wide poly solids and I broke the walls on each side of the post and made the 12 inch sections invisible. 

[MarcBoudreau]

Thanks everyone for your input.  I did try using the "break wall" feature but things just snap back together regardless.  I like the solution from Gary,  I will try that next. I also hope that this will allow the wall framing to butt against the posts for a more accurate framing detail.

[Garybills]

Try this, I did it in Home Designer Pro 2023 trail version.

1. SET POST ALL AROUND
2. MAKE A COPY OF EXTERIOR WALL TYPE, CAHNGE FRAMING FROM LUMBER TO AIR GAP AND CHANGE FILL COLOR IF YOU WANT.
3. SELECT WALL AND BREAK ON EACH SIDE OF POST
4. SELECT SMALL WALL AT EACH POST LOCATION AND CHANGE TO NEW WALL TYPE.
5. IF AUTO FRAMING IS ON IT SHOULD FRAME CORRECTLY.
6. THE ONLY LOCATION THAT THIS WONT WORK IS THE CORNERS.