It would be nice to be able to control wall component heights by component instead of every component being the same height as the wall. Sure, you can make different walls for a non uniform height wall assembly but then you need to add doors in each of the wall sections.
If I understand how VW creates walls they are basically extrusions in the X,Y plane with a height in the Z. In other programs walls have an overall height but each component is controlled variables for offsets from wall bottom or wall top or base height. This allows components to be controlled individually when extending walls to roof or other objects.
Grips for walls are always in the center of the wall even if the wall was drawn with an offset. Control of components by + or - dimensions would allow a component to be used as a control point for drawing walls. for example, a wood frame wall with brick veneer would have the outside edge of the stud wall as the baseline control point for drawing the wall. The sheathing, air space and brick would have + dimensions and offsets and the stud wall and sheetrock would have negative dimensions. You still have the same options to use the left or right side of the wall as the control point. The middle of a wall assembly is just very ambiguous unless you are using a symmetrical wall.
Cleanups are a mess in VW. Turning on auto cleanup can cause more problems than it's worth and to make walls join and clean up up you have to double your work using the wall join, component join and remove wall breaks tools. Can a component priority be assigned to wall components so studs cleanup with studs, sheetrock cleans up with sheetrock. brick to brick etc.
I don't know if it is possible to do this without a major overhaul but the way walls currently work is such a pain for such a fundamental tool.
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It would be nice to be able to control wall component heights by component instead of every component being the same height as the wall. Sure, you can make different walls for a non uniform height wall assembly but then you need to add doors in each of the wall sections.
If I understand how VW creates walls they are basically extrusions in the X,Y plane with a height in the Z. In other programs walls have an overall height but each component is controlled variables for offsets from wall bottom or wall top or base height. This allows components to be controlled individually when extending walls to roof or other objects.
Grips for walls are always in the center of the wall even if the wall was drawn with an offset. Control of components by + or - dimensions would allow a component to be used as a control point for drawing walls. for example, a wood frame wall with brick veneer would have the outside edge of the stud wall as the baseline control point for drawing the wall. The sheathing, air space and brick would have + dimensions and offsets and the stud wall and sheetrock would have negative dimensions. You still have the same options to use the left or right side of the wall as the control point. The middle of a wall assembly is just very ambiguous unless you are using a symmetrical wall.
Cleanups are a mess in VW. Turning on auto cleanup can cause more problems than it's worth and to make walls join and clean up up you have to double your work using the wall join, component join and remove wall breaks tools. Can a component priority be assigned to wall components so studs cleanup with studs, sheetrock cleans up with sheetrock. brick to brick etc.
I don't know if it is possible to do this without a major overhaul but the way walls currently work is such a pain for such a fundamental tool.
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