Height/Depth of Walls

When you create a wall (an architectural wall or a structural wall), you can specify the following properties on the Options Bar:

• Level (for 3D views)
• Depth/Height
• Top Constraint
• Unconnected Height

Together with Base Constraint, these properties control whether the wall is drawn from a specified level upwards or downwards, the height of the wall, and whether its height will change when its base constraint or top constraint moves.

When you create a wall in a plan view, the Base Constraint is the level associated with the view. When you create a wall in a 3D view, use Level on the Options Bar to specify the level to use for the wall's Base Constraint value.

Note: When you use Depth on the Options Bar, use a structural plan to see the walls extending downward from the current level, or modify the view range of a floor plan to make them visible.

The following image shows a section view of 4 walls created using different height/depth settings with a Base Constraint of L-1 (Level 1). The table below shows the properties of each wall.

Property	Wall 1	Wall 2	Wall 3	Wall 4
Structural?	Yes	Yes	No (partition wall)	No (partition wall)
Depth/Height	Depth	Depth	Height	Height
Base Constraint/Level	L-1	L-1	L-1	L-1
Base Offset	-6000	-3000	0	0
Top Constraint	Up to level: L-1	Up to level: L-1	Unconnected	Up to level: L-2
Unconnected Height			6000