Christiaan Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 I have a stepped wall that follows a sloping site. Ground level and below is one wall style (retaining wall) and above ground level is another wall style (normal cavity wall). I need to step the wall down to suit brickwork coursing. Do you think it's better to model this by adding wall peaks or by drawing each section with a separate bit of wall and offsetting the top and bottom appropriately? I'm leaning toward wall peaks because this means the wall remains as one object. Problem is it's more difficult to do accurately. Quote Link to comment
bc Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 (edited) Don't know about VW2013 but in previous versions if you want your wall steps to be vertical to each other they won't be...even if screen hints during creation say so. Check it out. It is very slight but present. If you want to draw with a certain degree of accuracy you might try my VectorWorksAround which is to create the "negative" shape of your wall top and/or bottom on another layer, perhaps using extrudes, and then run the Fit Wall to Object command. More: http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=141516&Searchpage=1&Main=28999&Words=wall+peaks&Search=true#Post141516 Edited October 12, 2012 by bc Quote Link to comment
Joe-SA Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I prefer creating wall peaks. When I don't have other walls to snap to I layout lines or locus points in elevation and snap the wall peaks in accordingly. Joe Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted October 15, 2012 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 15, 2012 Christiaan Just a suggestion, have you looked at the Create Stepped Wall command? It may help you - it may not, but it will take a straight wall and step it for you. You can also offset different components within the wall and get them to follow the stepping. HTH Quote Link to comment
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