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Just been trying to learn how to make site models and I'm wondering if there is a way to increase the depth as it were of a site model. I'm trying to put together a generic site for House models. (maybe swales along the sides and a sloping driveway at the front. Basic stuff) My first attempt was just using stakes and applying different elevations to each one to create a "site" but having trouble with making a hole in the site to put my house model. A flat site makes for a very thin site model and I'd like to add depth to it. Grass in the basement isn't going to work. Any thoughts. Anything online doesn't seem to address my thoughts.

I think there was some kind of problem with the origanl polygon I got it from. I just redid the polygon and everything worked as it should have. Thanks anyway JimW.

I've got a large parking lot island that I extruded to create a curb and I'm trying to select the upper outer edges to filet them slightly to remove the hard edge, but the function is only allowing me to select the opposite lower (bottom outer edges). Thoroughly confused. I've done this before and it worked fine. Is there a setting somewhere perhaps that I need to address for all and any edges. I see there is an option to select all edges but that is not what I want. HELP.

Found it.

Does anyone know how to turn off a lights direction symbol so that it doesn't show up in my renderings. Kinda odd that it would do that. The only thing I find is an on/off box that I'm assuming actually turns the light off. See pic to understand what I'm talking about. Directions please. Thanks,

Thanks Jim. Hope a solution or new feature will come from it.

This is a very good example that I found of what I'm talking about. This kind of detail of course could be brick instead of stone or stucco instead of siding. The skirt itself can be any height. This is a very common design feature for many homes and even small commercial buildings. REVIT has a function that they refer to as stacked walls; essentially a single wall with the ability to place different materials on top of each other and also create reveals or sweeps like sills and put openings in them that cut the materials appropriately. See Pic attached.

I haven't seen a post on this that I could find. I'd like to design a wall(s) where I would have, for example, a brick skirt (brick veneer about 36 high from the bottom of the wall with siding above the brick skirt. I did a quick experiment but using the component offsets and adding a thin layer of siding and it looks ok in plan and in 3d. The trouble comes when inserting a door (opening) and want trim on the outside for the siding portion. What it does is create a recess at the brick. See pic. Any thoughts our there on how to do this properly? Thanks,

Thanks JimW. I forgot to mention that I currently have 2010 but I get the gist of it.

Can anyone tell me how I might reduce the list of walls available in vectorworks to only ones I use when I hit the walls tool and search thru the drop down list. There are a lot that I will never use and I find they get in the way to quickly finding what I want. I understand how to use walls and import and export under the resources palette. Thanks, Mark

I'm a newbie to Vectorworks and I'm use to Autocad, Revit, and Softplan. There is a lot to Vectorworks that I really like and there are some things I don't like. What I find a little frustrating is finding 3d content. Vectorworks seems very slim in this department despite its usage worldwide. Does anyone here have some direction on 3d content; simple things like tubs, toilets, vehicles, furniture. Anything would be great whether it's free or I have to pay. Thanks,