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  • cadmovie532 – Refurbishment Projects Part 7

    • September 28, 2010
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    • jonathan

    I have tried to draw a refurbishment plan using wall styles, but it was unsuccessful. The plan had several different wall thicknesses. If you use wall styles, each wall thickness needs its own wall style.

  • cadmovie529 – Refurbishment Projects Part 4

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    • jonathan

    Vectorworks 2010 and 2011 have a wall editing concept called Wall Sculpting. This allows you to create projections and cut-outs in walls. When you look at the plan of the old building, there are old fireplaces, different wall constructions and old blind windows.

  • cadmovie528 – Refurbishment Projects Part 3

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    • jonathan

    When you finish, you should certainly end up with walls. You can use lines to help get the walls started, and to set up control lines, but the end result should be walls.

  • cadmovie527 – Refurbishment Projects Part 2

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    • jonathan

    It is tempting to set up layers for each of the different floor levels on the upper floor. This will cause trouble when you join walls together on the upper floor.

  • cadmovie526 – Refurbishment Projects Part 1

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    • jonathan

    Set up the Layers. Start by setting up the layers for the project. You will need at least one layer for each floor of the building, a layer for the lower roof, upper roof and foundations. Foundations on an old building can be tricky to draw, unless you have some…

  • cadmovie496 – Plumbing Schematic Part 6

    • July 28, 2010
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    • jonathan

    More Complex Wall Styles. A wall style with components is more useful for a proposed wall. You can add the cladding, structure and lining and control these components with separate classes.

  • cadmovie495 – Plumbing Schematic Part 5

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    Creating a Wall Style. Try to keep wall styles as simple as possible. If you are creating a wall style for an existing wall, or a wall to be demolished, try to use just the overall size of the wall. After all, with out ripping off the wall lining, you don’t…

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