Symbols Within a Wall

Symbols and plug-in objects, such as windows and doors, can be inserted into a wall with the Symbol Insertion tool, as described in Inserting Symbols. The active symbol can also be dragged from the Resource Manager into the wall, but when inserted in this way, it cannot be flipped at insertion. To be inserted into a wall, the symbol must have the Insert in Walls option enabled (see Creating Symbol Definitions).

While symbols have wall insertion capabilities in all Vectorworks products, a Design Series product is required to create wall objects.

The symbols in a wall can be moved or duplicated. When a 3D wall hole component has been added to a symbol, it can cut a hole of the desired shape in a wall.

Once a symbol has been placed in a wall, you can flip the symbol in the wall, reposition it, or completely replace it. Symbols within the same wall can be nudged a short distance with a keyboard shortcut defined in the Edit tab of the Vectorworks Preferences (see Vectorworks Preferences: Edit Tab).

Parameter	Description
Insert	Changes the insertion point location in relation to the symbol position
Break	Changes the wall break style where the symbol is inserted
Height	Changes the height of the symbol in the wall
Flip	Click to flip through a series of four positions until the desired orientation is reached. Alternatively, right-click on the symbol and select Flip from the context menu.
Set Position	Activates the Move by Points tool in Reference Point mode; see Moving Symbols in Walls with the Reference Point Mode
Scaling	Scales the symbol instance; see Scaling Symbols from the Object Info Palette
Replace	Opens the Choose a Symbol dialog box to allow selection of a replacement symbol; see Replacing Existing Symbols