brent m kjernisted Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) Is there an automatic command to do this, within a certain tolerance, so you have an even surface between the floors.I am going thru the getting started tutorial in vectorworks architect on Vectorworks.net, and find the instructions in the video lacking in this area. Edited October 4, 2012 by brent m kjernisted Quote Link to comment
taoist Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) brent, Draw your 1st floor plan. Select plan Edit > Copy If you have not done so already, create Design Layer(s) for other floor level(s). Switch to other floor level, Edit > Paste in Place Your walls will now be stacked in alignment. Change Wall style if necessary and edit wall heights. If using footings, select wall width to represent footing width or create a wall for it. Use center mode when changing walls so center of footing is aligned with center of foundation wall. This will save you the offset steps. NOTE: Remember that if you move walls in your main plan, you will need to relocate the stacked walls in your other layers. Use Gray/Snap Others or Show/Snap Others. This acts as an overlay so you can verify alignment of Design Layers. I usually draw just the exterior walls on my main plan then copy and paste to my foundation or crawl space, 2nd floor Design Layer. Then I complete the floor plans. Edited October 4, 2012 by taoist 1 Quote Link to comment
VincentCuclair Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 You can use constraints to align and constrain 2 superimposed walls, move one and the other moves too..... Quote Link to comment
brent m kjernisted Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Thank you to the both of you. Your patience is appreciated. Quote Link to comment
Yael Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 hey how to make one wall for two floors- I'm trying to make a curtain wall for several floors together and as soon as I make one wall for both floors in one of the programs you can't see the wall Quote Link to comment
Yael Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 im mean in one of the plans(not programs) I cant see one of the walls Quote Link to comment
Mat Caird Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Here’s an idea; make a new layer, call it "curtain wall". Draw the curtain wall on this layer Make another new layer, called "floor plan 1" draw the program same for another new layer, floor plan 2. Etc Make sure all 3 layers are the same scale. use the layer options "show snap modify others" turn on/off layers 2 and 3 as necessary an alternative; if the curtain wall is aligned perfectly (as it would be IRL) across both floors, and drawn on both floors (layers), VW will display it as one wall in elevation, 3d, section views. Provided the wall style is the same on both layers. Mat Quote Link to comment
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