Hi there! I'm fairly new to Vectorworks (about 3 months in) after exploring the usual BIM alternatives. We specialise in designing and supplying bespoke Architectural Residential Oak Frame Houses and have been quite impressed with VW so far. That said, we’ve noticed some fundamental modelling limitations that could make a big difference for us.
One example is handling walls with multiple materials and profiles stacked vertically - a common scenario in residential work, like a Brick Plinth base, Rendered Ground Floor, and Timber Weatherboarded First Floor. At the moment, we’re using a workaround involving separate Wall Types managed through Design Layers but where more than one Wall Type is in a Design Layer, we are controlling the "overwriting" issue by grouping and/or locking, but it’s not the most efficient or ideal solution. Happy to hear any other solutions or workarounds.
