Why do I get a Validation Error: Inconsistent outside directions - check adjacent walls?
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Tekla Structural Designer
Environment
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A wall panel has an inside and an outside face to allow the appropriate internal and external coefficients to be defined.
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Home ribbon > Settings allows you to define the colours.
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You can also show the element direction arrow via the Scene Content > Wall Panel.
The normal wall arrow points to the outside.
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Review your model to see if any wall items are inconsistent. i.e. you cannot have an outside wall touching an inside wall as shown below.
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Use the Edit ribbon > Reverse command and click on a wall panel to toggle it between inside and outside face to ensure that all the wall faces are consistent.
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Use the Load ribbon > Update Zones command to update the information for the edited wall panels above.
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Repeat as necessary until Validation and the Wind Model are up to date.