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.
Tag Archives: framing
Architect Special Interest Group December 2015 (pm)
Topics covered:
- roof accessories 0:00
- framing member for roof flashing 0:48
- creating new classes 1:37
- extrude along path 3:10
- align gutter to roof 4:42
- editing roof style settings 6:19
- editing gutter path 8:05
- extrude along path for handrail 11:05
- fitting fence to site model 20:51
- export DXF options 31:09
BIM_SIG_049 Architect Special Interest Group July 2014 (am)
Creating Custom Profiles for the Framing Member tool
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.
Using Custom Profiles with the Framing Member tool

epodcast167 – Wall Framing Core of Wall
In previous versions of Vectorworks, you were unable to tell Vectorworks where in the wall you should put the wall framing.
BIM_SIG_004 Special Interest Group May 2012
This is the movie from the BIM Special Interest Group, May 2012.
cadmovie759 – What’s New in Vectorworks 2012 Part 25
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.
SST_1108 – Framing and Framing Tools
Framing and Framing Tools. This manual will be looking at the framing tools and commands that are available in Vectorworks.
cadmovie710 – Framing and Framing Tools Part 5
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.
cadmovie709 – Framing and Framing Tools Part 4
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.
cadmovie708 – Framing and Framing Tools Part 3
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.
cadmovie707 – Framing and Framing Tools Part 2
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.
cadmovie706 – Framing and Framing Tools Part 1
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.
cadmovie716 – Framing and Framing Tools Part 11
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.
cadmovie715 – Framing and Framing Tools Part 10
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.
cadmovie714 – Framing and Framing Tools Part 9
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.
cadmovie713 – Framing and Framing Tools Part 8
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.
cadmovie712 – Framing and Framing Tools Part 7
If you want to frame a floor, but you lack the framing member, you can use a floor object.
epodcast106 – Framing Member tool
Creating a concrete floor symbol to use with the framing member.