Demensioning from outside of stud to outside of stud

[Andrew Mac]

When Laying out my buiklding I know for example that I want one wall to be 9' wide- I have chosen a predefined wall with 2x6 studs, 1/2 sheathing on the outside and 5/8 gyp on the inside. I select the wall tool with the above perimeters and then hit tab to make the wall go 9'0 in the direction I want it and then I proceed to the next wall. I waould like to some how tell VW that to have the outside of stud to outside of stud to be 9"0 not the the overwall length- Is there a way to set this up?

[Jeffrey W Ouellette]

Andrew,

On the Mode Bar you can select whether the wall is drawn from the left side, right side, centerline or a user-defined offset. You'll want to select the user-defined offset mode and then enter a value so that the cursor appears/draws from the stud wall component.

[Jeffrey W Ouellette]

In addition, for more help/illustration, search "creating walls" in the "VectorWorks Help..." command.

[Guest Wes Gardner]

Additionally,

You'll need to know the overall thickness of the wall, divide by two then subtract the thickness of the siding + sheathing and that's the number you enter into the Control Offset data field. Find this at Wall Prefs. >> Insertion Options >> Control Offset.

If you just enter a number in Control Offset, you are offsetting from the center of the wall NOT the face...

Hope this helps

[Badarian]

Good info Jeff and Wes and thanks Mac for bring it up just as I require the process for a particular project.