• Vectorworks Tip – 282 Edit Curtain Wall – Combine Frames

    Intermediate – This mode is used to join two frames together. You might find that vertticla frames break hoizontal frames, but you can use this tool to combine the frames that are split.

  • Vectorworks Tip 278 – Edit Curtain Wall – Add Frames

    Intermediate Tip – This mode allows you to add extra frame to the curtain wall. The new frames do not have to follow any of the other rules for the frame settings. In this image you can see that I didn’t even make the frame vertical.

  • Vectorworks Tip 270 – Edit Curtain Wall – Edit Frames

    Intermediate Tip – By choosing the first mode with this tool, you can edit individual frames of the curtain wall. You can lengthen, shorten or delete parts of the frame system.

  • Vectorworks Tip #258 – Walls – Setting Curtain Wall Frame Preferences

    Intermediate Tip – There are two main parts to the curtain wall – the frames and the panels. The frames have options to control the boundary and intermediate frames. There are several options, so work your way though the options carefully.

  • Vectorworks Tip #254 – Walls – Creating a Curtain Wall Style

    Intermediate Tip – Creating a curtain wall style is similar to creating a regular wall style – both use the Wall Preferences dialog box. The difference in creating a curtain wall style is that you click on the curtain wall option which will show you different settings for the definition…

  • Vectorworks Tip #250 – Curtain Wall – Concept

    Beginner Tip – Vectorworks 2015 introduced a new type of wall – the curtainwall. For many years users have been asking for a wall type that would be able to create curtain walls for commercial buildings. Now we have it. There isn’t a special tool to create curtain walls, it…

  • SST_1411 – Walls and Wall Styles

    I believe it is very important to learn to draw walls regardless of your profession. I believe that walls are useful for architects, landscapers, set designers, and engineers. If you’re doing architectural work, then it should be absolutely clear why you need to use walls to draw your projects, but…