Landscape Wall. The landscape wall is only available if you have Vectorworks Landmark or Designer. The tool is useful because it can place a wall and modify the site at the same time, but it does not draw a wall in the same way as the wall tool.
Stake Object. You can use the steak object to help create a site model. You can use the stake object on a site model to give the spot height.
Hardscape. Hardscape is a special tool that makes it easy to draw areas of paving. This hardscape can be 2D only, or it can be 2D and 3D. If you make it 3D, then it can be a site modifier and can affect the site model.
Cut and Fill Calculations. You need 2 things for cut and fill calculations, you need a site model and you need site modifiers.
Editing Pads and Boundaries.
Pads and Boundaries. Pads and boundaries are the main tools for site modifying. The pad creates the 3D site modifier and the boundary tells Vectorworks how much of the site will be affected.
Roads. Roads are great for making simple roads and paths. They can be easily fitted to the slope of the site. Do not think that Vectorworks is a roading design package though. There are several road situations you can not make in Vectorworks easily.
Creating the Site Model. A site model is created from 3D loci, 3D polygons or stake objects, but they have to be selected.
Adding Spot Levels Using Stake Objects. You can use the Stake object to create a site model, instead of a 3D locus, if you set the preferences.
Creating Spot Levels using 3D Loci. With this technique you place a 3D locus at each place along a contour, or at a spot level.