jmartinarch Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I have two walls that meet at 90deg. I would like there to be a 45deg section or chamfer. I can't figure out how to chamfer the walls. Is there a special wall join? Or do I just place wall at the desired angle? Also, I have another wall that runs 45deg and my wall fill is a pattern - diagonal lines but at 45deg wall the pattern is either parallel to wall lines or perpendicular as it won't adjust to the 45deg condition. Can I change this? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted March 24, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 24, 2015 Do you mean have the line show where the walls miter together? That can be done by turning on the walls cap at those two ends, which you can do under "Caps" in the wall's object info palette. I THINK Tile fills will align to the wall they are applied to, but Hatch and Pattern fills will use a global mapping while inside wall components. Quote Link to comment
jmartinarch Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 No I don't want a miter line. I want the pattern or hatch to align to the wall. I'll experiment with Tiles. Thank you. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 For the Miter, you will need to manually draw another wall and then delete the "hidden" portion you don't want. If you only have a few sections of wall at angles, you can use a Hatch or a Tile for the fill. For the walls at the angle, click the Fill Hatch (tile) Settings button in the Attributes Palette. Then in the Hatch Settings dialog box, check the Use Local Mapping and set the Rotation to what you need to get the hatch to follow the wall. Quote Link to comment
jmartinarch Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 It is a wall attribute of my wall styles. I can't get the hatch settings dialog box from the attributes palette. Anyway attached is one of the walls I want the hatch to rotate in. Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Hi, The hatch patterns are global across the drawing. If I need one to show in different angles then I create 2 hatch patterns at right angles to each other and apply them as needed. Regards Quote Link to comment
acepernich Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) Patterns are arrangements of actual dots, therefore can't be arbitrarily rotated. Hatches, however, can. In the Hatch creation/editing window there are check boxes for Rotate In Wall and In Symbol. Checking the In Wall box will align the hatch with the wall direction. (Reply edited) Edited March 26, 2015 by Antone Cepernich Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Hi, Was talking about hatches but some of the patterns can be modified and you can create your own. Refer attachment. Regards Quote Link to comment
acepernich Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Correct. You can modify a pattern or create a new one, but not arbitrarily rotate one. Quote Link to comment
jmartinarch Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 So I found a hatch that was close enough, found it in the RB, duplicated it, renamed and did a simple edit and checked the box 'rotate in wall' and it gave me the results I was looking for. Thanks for all the help. Quote Link to comment
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