Wrapping at Inserts - Explained

This is the first of three consecutive blogs on Wall Wrapping...
I've always struggled with how to explain how to use the Revit function of "Wrapping at Inserts" under the Wall Type Properties...probably because I have never really looked into it thoroughly enough... until now!

Here is an explanation of what it means to set the layer wrapping of walls at inserts and how to use this function.

Your basic compound wall can wrap around inserted objects such as door and windows.

Here is the difference between the options under the properties of the Wall.

Here you'll see the relevant component wrapping where it meets the window.

Do not wrap:

Here you see the wall components of the wall do not wrap around where the window sits.

Exterior:

Here you see the Exterior wall component wraps at the window insert.

Interior:

Here you see the Interior wall component wraps at the window insert.

Interior Wrapping at window Insert

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Both:

Here you see that both the interior and exterior wall components wrap where the meet the window.

The function of Wrapping around Complex Inserts works not only with Windows and Doors but with any complex shaped inserts.

Wrapping at window Insert Examples
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