Hammerhead Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Hello All, I spoke with a tech at Vectorworks about how I could stretch the lower floor walls of my project, at least the siding anyway, down to the stepped foundation below and he could not come up with a solution. He was to reach out to other techs and I have not heard back. Does anyone out there have a suggestion about how I can stretch the gray siding of the lower elevation down to the stepped foundation shown in the attached photo? I will likely build the project with the bottom of the siding not stepped but following the grade in a straight line on each of the four elevations, so showing it this way in the drawing would be best, but if it is easier to somehow have the siding follow the stepped foundation in the design I am OK with this. Thanks in advance as always! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted June 7, 2016 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) If the stepped foundation is just raw 3D geometry you should be able to use AEC > Fit to Walls, selecting the "bottom" option and making sure the foundation geometry is all on a layer below the layer your grey siding walls are on. If the foundation is walls, I do not think this trick will work, in a test here I was not able to get the bottom of a wall object to fit to the top of another wall object with 3d peaks along its top. EDIT: Filing this as a request, you should be able to fit walls to walls, that would have many uses. Edited June 7, 2016 by JimW Quote Link to comment
Hammerhead Posted June 7, 2016 Author Share Posted June 7, 2016 Jim, I used the stepped wall command to draw the foundation walls and tried using the "fit walls to object" option, but with no success. Thanks for the thoughts. Any others? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted June 7, 2016 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 7, 2016 You may also be able to use the Extract tool (Face mode) to extract the tops of the foundation walls, then make sure theyre on a layer below the lower floor walls and Fit to Objects should work on those surfaces. If it doesn't, I can take a look at the file if you send it to Tech@vectorworks.net ATTN Jim. Quote Link to comment
Hammerhead Posted June 7, 2016 Author Share Posted June 7, 2016 Hi Jim, I believe I tried that with Alexander over the phone with no luck. I sent the file to Alexander last week and he was puzzled and was going to consult with other techs. Would you kindly check in with Alexander to have a look at my file to see if we can hash through this. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Hammerhead Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 Hello Again Jim, Well, with a bit more effort I was able to get your solution to work using the extract tool then the fit walls to objects command. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Hi, If your stepped walls are on a seperate design layer you should be able to extend them to below as you get option to extrude up or down and it works well with objects on different design layers. HTH Quote Link to comment
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