Creating Walls

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The Wall tool is in the Walls tool set (Fundamentals workspace), the Building Shell tool set (Design Series workspaces), and the Site Planning tool set (Landmark workspace).

Use the wall tools to draw straight or round standard walls or, in the Vectorworks Design Series products, curtain walls, and to join those walls to other walls. Each wall segment is treated as a separate object. Either automatically join walls together when drawing them, or join them after drawing by using one of the joining options. Other wall options include the ability to add component lines and fills to walls, cap and trim them, and insert symbols (such as doors and windows) into them. You can also add and delete peaks in a wall, if the elevation changes from one end of the wall to the other.

Additional wall parameters are available only in the Design Series products. These products add the ability to create, save, and use wall styles and to create new wall or component classes during wall creation and editing. In the Vectorworks Architect product, walls and their components also have the ability to have their top and bottom boundaries set to the levels of the story, or the levels of the story above or below the current wall story. The walls can display differently when the design layer cut plane elevation is enabled. In addition, energy-related information specified for walls is considered when conducting an energy analysis.

There are four ways to position the wall in relation to the control line; the control line can be set relative to either the wall or an optional core component. Straight walls can be drawn in either Polygon mode or Rectangle mode. These modes are activated by the buttons on the Tool bar.

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Mode
Description

Left Control Line

Walls are drawn along their left sides

Center Control Line

Walls are drawn from the center

Right Control Line

Walls are drawn along their right sides

Custom Control Line / Custom Wall Offset

Walls are drawn from an offset point specified in wall preferences. Setting the offset to be negative offsets the wall to the right of the center line, a positive offset is to the left. Setting a wall offset is most effective when drawing walls containing components.

Wall Control Line

Sets the control line relative to the wall

Core Component Control Line

Sets the control line relative to the wall component that has been designated as the core component in the wall preferences

Polygon

Draws a straight wall or wall system by clicking at each corner to create a custom shape, similar to the Polygon tool

Rectangle

Draws a rectangular wall system with two clicks, similar to the Rectangle tool’s Corner to Corner mode

Preferences

Sets the physical parameters of the wall

Arc Creation Controls

Select the arc creation method to use when drawing round walls; for more information on arc creation modes, see Creating Arcs

Wall Style

Opens the Resource Selector to select a resource for placement; double-click a resource to activate it

See Wall Direction for details on how the starting point and direction in which the wall is drawn determines the wall’s interior and exterior sides.

Master snap points cannot be used with the Wall or Round Wall tools.

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Drawing Straight Walls

Drawing Round Walls

Wall Direction

Using Wall Styles

Creating Wall End Caps

Creating Wall Components

Creating Walls from Spaces or Polygons

Creating a Polygon or Polyline from Walls

Creating Curtain Walls

Creating Wall Features

Editing Walls

Applying Wall Textures

Automatically Joining Walls

Framing a Wall

Setting Up the Building Structure with Stories

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