About Working With Wall Endcaps and Opening Endcaps

You can define different kinds of wall endcaps and wall opening endcaps conditions. When you encounter an unsuitable wall endcap configuration, you can modify the shape, width, and depth of individual wall components to achieve the desired result. Generally, you create a specific wall or opening endcap condition to use with a specific wall style.

To modify endcaps, you can use the Edit in Place mode and manipulate wall components with Vertex and Edge grips. You can hide or show component edges. You can also use Fillet, Chamfer, Trim, Extend, Subtract, and Merge tools to modify wall components to create the configuration that you want. The Calculate Automatically feature can also assist you in adding boundary segments to complete your partial endcap designs.

When necessary, you can override the wall endcap style assigned in a wall style. When you override the assigned endcap style, you can select a different endcap style for one or both ends of a wall segment.

Opening Endcap Styles

Wall endcap styles are also used as a basis to define endcap styles for wall openings. When a wall has an opening, such as a window or a door, the shape of the wall endcap at each edge of the opening can be defined. You use opening endcap styles to specify the wall endcap style applied to each edge of the wall adjacent to an opening. When you change a wall endcap style, all opening endcap styles based on that style are also modified.

Note: If you use a custom profile to create an opening in a curved wall, opening endcaps will not be applied to the opening.