Creating Wall StylesCreating Wall Styles
To create a straight wall style:
To create a round wall style:
1. Select the Wall or Round Wall tool from the Building Shell tool set, and then click Preferences from the Tool bar.
The Wall Preferences dialog box opens.
2. To modify an existing wall style, select the Wall Style from either the default content or the current file’s content. Alternatively, select Unstyled as the wall style and set the parameters.
3. Specify the wall and component parameters as described in Creating Walls, and Drawing Straight Walls.
The attributes of an unstyled wall can be saved as a wall style. Set the Eyedropper Preferences to pick up all wall attributes and select the Pick Up Sets Defaults option. The Eyedropper tool can then be used to pick up wall attributes from an unstyled wall and add the settings to the Wall Preferences dialog box, where the settings can be saved as a style.
4. Click Save Preferences as Wall Style.
The Assign Name dialog box opens.
5. Enter a unique name for the wall style and click OK.
If the wall style name already exists, you are prompted to cancel and select a different name, or replace existing walls with the wall style applied with the edited wall style. If you are replacing wall styles, the Wall Replacement dialog box opens; specify the wall alignment properties.
6. The new wall style is saved with the file and is listed under Wall Styles in the Resource Browser as well as the Wall Style list in the Tool bar.
A new wall style can also be created by clicking Resources > New Resource > Wall Style in the Resource Browser. A wall style created in this way is not associated with the current wall preference setting, but can be applied later.
Worksheets listing the current wall styles and wall areas in the drawing can be added to the drawing from the VA Create Schedule command (in the Architect workspace) or the Resource Browser. From the Resource Browser, open the default architectural reports file from the [Vectorworks]\Libraries folder that is included with the Vectorworks Architect product (see Resource Libraries). Drag the Wall Area and/or Wall Style Report worksheet to the drawing. The worksheet is populated with information from the objects in the current drawing.
A wall style resource can be exported; see Exporting Custom Resources. If the wall style is exported to the default Walls~Slabs folder within the user folder, the exported file must be placed within a subfolder, or it won’t be included in the list of available wall styles.
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