V17 Wall Connections & Crashes
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- 2025-02-14 at 12:19 #17291
areetzParticipantWalls Crash on join
Version 17.0.C2.3484
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Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) w3-2423 2.11 GHz
Installed RAM 64.0 GB (63.6 GB usable)
NVIDIA RTX A400
48963 MB Total Memory
Primary usage is Material Estimating
Since V17
Since installing V17 Crashing on wall intersections has become a real issue.
Most common on exterior envelope drawing clockwise. Less likely if drawn counterclockwise.
Very sensitive when connecting a 2×4 Interior wall to a 2×6 Exterior with an interior corner.
Direction that interior walls are drawn often times how well the will connect or crash.
Once the job crashes many corners break from a previous clean connection.
the attachments are examples of wall connections after a crash. Note the corner trim even moved.
Interested in your experiences and work arounds
2025-03-04 at 14:49 #17329SENDD_ContractingParticipantAreetz,
I commented this in response to another user’s issues. Best of luck.
I have the same issues & have been told the same thing. I’ve noticed this issue pops up more particularly when designing 2×6 to 2×4 walls. When I set them up, they snap just fine at the beginning, but then along the way they will unsnap themselves & cause issues, such as unexpected crashing. I just re-experienced this issue today when some of the first walls that were drawn randomly unsnapped & became so difficult that even trying to delete the “problem” walls resulted in a crash. Had to finagle with them quite a bit to resolve this issue, which then lead to more intersections separating & having to essentially rebuild every intersection.
The only recommendation I can make is to just check everything along the way & save frequently, as I’m not sure what exactly causes this. Once you get a problem area resolved, I would also save another back-up, in case any intersections become so corrupted the file becomes no longer salvageable.
<span class=”gdbbx-admin-links”>Quote</span>2025-03-04 at 15:08 #17330areetzParticipantSendd
Thanks for the response. I have taken all my walls and made them a consistent width regardless of the underlying member (2×4, 2×6 etc.) This has make it much easier to work with and reduced the crashes 90%. since I am estimating and not drawing for presentation the wall thickness really isn’t an issue. Really seems to have stopped the random unexplained wall separations as you mentioned. Its not a fix. It does reduce the frustrations. I like the idea in the path Cadsoft is taking but so much needs fixed. Remember the good ol days when you draw a wall?
Allan Reetz
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