jgmrussell Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Hi, I'm designing a kitchen in a room with a sloped ceiling. I'm not sure how to draw the walls to make slope etc. Is there an way to do this. Thanks, John Quote Link to comment
NickB Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Hi John, if you draw your walls in plan then you can go to a 3D view and with the 3D reshape tool you can drag the corner points of the wall up or down to create the slope. HTH, Nick. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted June 26, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 26, 2006 There's also a "Fit walls to Roof" command in VectorWorks Architect that will fit the wall profiles to any user-defined 3D geometry. Quote Link to comment
jgmrussell Posted June 26, 2006 Author Share Posted June 26, 2006 Hi Nick, Thanks for replying. As a sorta novice at this CAD stuff, there's smoke coming out my ears trying to reshape in 3-d. I'm viewing my walled room in right iso, I'm clicking on 3-d shaping tool, but I only seem to be getting the ability to create a peaked wall. Any suggestions? It would be great to be able to highlight wall and input additional height to be added to existing wall etc. BTW, I used to live in London in the 80's. Went to college and worked there for about 7 years. Miss it alot. Take care, John Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 John, here's a little trick you might like: Before using the 3d reshape tool go to top/plan view and change the line color of the object to bright red (my favorite) or any other color, then go to a direct-on 3d view (like front or left), now, with the object still selected run the "bring to front" command. It makes it much easier to see what you're working on. When you're done you can change the line color back.... Quote Link to comment
jgmrussell Posted June 26, 2006 Author Share Posted June 26, 2006 Peter, an excellent suggestion, worked like a charm. I'm now going to try and add a roof to it to put some lights and skylights in. Thanks again, John Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Glad it worked for you. I remember when I first startedworking in 3d a lot. There were many times I thought my brain would explode. The more you do it the easier it gets :-) Quote Link to comment
Kevin Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 There's also a "Fit walls to Roof" command in VectorWorks Architect that will fit the wall profiles to any user-defined 3D geometry. It appears that Robert's excellent advice has been ignored. This neat little trick can take the hours and frustration out of reshaping walls. Quote Link to comment
pateley Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Kevin - I agree but I cannot seem to add a flat, sloping roof/ceiling to my kitchen. Can anyone provide a refresher? Thanks from San Diego. Quote Link to comment
pateley Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Robert - How do I create a flat sloped roof/ceiling as a prelude to using the "fit walls to roof" command? Help - I am having a senior moment. Thanks from gloomy San Diego. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 You could use a)The ROOF FACE command or b) Go to a side view and draw the roof (rafter) profile, then EXTRUDE. As far as I know the object you are fitting to MUST be on a different design layer than the walls you wish to fit. Hope you see some sunshine soon;-) Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted June 5, 2007 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 5, 2007 The geometry used to fit walls does -not- need to be on a different layer. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Nice. Thanks RA. Iwasn't aware that had been changed ;-) Quote Link to comment
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