Keith Pershing Posted April 29, 2001 Share Posted April 29, 2001 We have asked three questions on the same page in the same day. Can you tell we're newbies? Another problem we've come up with is, we have successfully created a poured basement concrete foundation, but when we try to insert wood frame interior walls in this basement for load bearing purposes as well as for room divisions, the program defaults it back to concrete walls. We would like to know how to make wood framed walls with a 1/2" or 5/8" sheetrock skin in this basement setting and be able to insert doors as well. We saw in the walls library the 2x6 5/8" wall and selected it to draw in this basement but it will not. Everything becomes concrete. What are we doing wrong? Is there some type of step-by-step hands-on drawing publication or CD that allows you to draw as you learn? We have the MacAcademy VW & VWA CDs and have watched them many multiple times and when we get ready to use what we've seen, we lose our ability to create the same steps. We've downloaded the VW excercises manual which has been some help, but it doesn't seem to relate like it did in VW. We're feeling pretty stupid and need help on getting focused on getting the basics down so we can start drawing. Love the program, but am becoming extremely intimidated by the vast abilities of this software! We're also on the user group list and when reading their complex problems, it only aids in our ability to feel worse in not even knowing the basics. I become very envious wishing I knew the program as they do and having to deal with such complex problems versus our minor ones. Any suggestions on how to feel less overwhelmed? The more we try to learn, the worse it's getting; we definitely would like to see some light at the end of this tunnel! P.S. Our hardware is a G3 400mhz Powerbook; at least we feel good about that! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted May 25, 2001 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 25, 2001 VA9 allows you to create basement floor levels just like any other floor. So just start your setup at floor -1 and you can draw on the basement plan like any other. Quote Link to comment
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