Structural Member – This is a brand-new tool. The structural member tool is designed to be an intelligent object that will know when it joins another structural object. One way of thinking about this is that it’s like walls for structural members, so that when you move a column, the connected beams will move as well. You can join beams to columns and beams to beams.
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Continuing on with last month’s project, we looked at using Vectorworks’ Wall Framer, creating a truss roof, adding a new tool to Vectorworks, creating a truss roof using a 3D object and adding prices to materials to get a total cost.
In a previous post, I was showing Steve Scaysbrook how to create a custom profile for the Framing Member. In the movie I worked through the steps to create a custom profile. I also wanted to follow this up with the step-by-step instructions.
I saw this recent blog from Steve Scaysbrook about using Timber beams. In the Blog Steve was looking at the use of sawn beams and he mentioned factory made timber I-Beams. See Steve’s post here..In previous versions of Vectorworks, you were unable to tell Vectorworks where in the wall you should put the wall framing.
This is the movie from the BIM Special Interest Group, May 2012.
Wall Framing. In previous versions, Vectorworks did not recognize the core part of the wall. This made the wall framer unusable unless if you removed all the wall components.
Framing and Framing Tools. This manual will be looking at the framing tools and commands that are available in Vectorworks.
Creating Bearers. You can use the Joists From Poly command to create the bearers, and it would be quick, but I also want to highlight the fact that you can create any framing member that you require.
Floor Framing, Creating Joists from Polygons. There is a floor framing command that speeds up the creation of floor framing. It will place as many framing members as possible, in the direction you choose.
Floor Framing, Creating Joists from Polygons. There is a floor framing command that speeds up the creation of floor framing. It will place as many framing members as possible, in the direction you choose.
Custom Profile. The custom profile option lets you custom shape any framing member. This will allow you to turn your framing members into concrete beams, or into custom timber factory-made sections.
Framing Member. The main tool for framing is the framing member tool. This tool has been around for some time (since Vectorworks 2008), and it replaces several old tools (rafter, beam and so on). The framing member tool can be used to create floor structure, rafters, beams, and so on.
Truss Roof. The only truss roof tool available is the one from vectordepot, but it is not suitable for mono-pitch roofs, you can only use it on roofs that have equal pitches.
Roof Framing without Vectorworks Architect. The framing tools only work in Vectorworks architect. If you do not have Vectorworks Architect, you can still create kind of roof framing.
Roof Framing. Roof framing uses the Framing Member tool, but we can get Vectorworks to calculate all the rafters, beams and purlins, by using the Roof Framer command. In order to use this command, you need to have Vectorworks Architect or Designer.
Wall Framing. The wall framing does not use framing members to make the wall frames, it uses a program to calculate all the parts. The resulting 3D model of the wall framing is a combination of extrusions and meshes.
If you want to frame a floor, but you lack the framing member, you can use a floor object.
Creating a concrete floor symbol to use with the framing member.