Creating Walls from Spaces

Once the floor plan has been developed with multiple spaces, the interior and exterior walls can be automatically created.

To create walls from spaces:

1.	Ensure that space objects are present in the drawing. To automatically create walls with a 3D height, specify a delta-Z value for the design layer where the walls will be created.

2.	Select AEC > Space Planning > Create Walls from Spaces. The Create Walls from Spaces dialog box opens. Specify the style of walls to create and their location.

 

Parameter	Description
Create Walls from Selected Spaces Only	Select to allow walls to be created from selected spaces; deselect to create walls from all the spaces in the source layer
Source Layer	Specifies the layer containing the space objects
Destination Layer	Indicates the layer on which to create the walls
Place Exterior Walls	Select how to align the exterior walls with the spaces
Along Inside of Spaces	Creates the exterior walls along the inside of the space polylines; select this option if the spaces represent the gross area
Along Outside of Spaces	Creates the exterior walls along the outsides of the space polylines; select this option if the spaces represent the net area
Along Centerline of Spaces	Creates the exterior walls centered along the outside edges of the space polylines
Using Wall Control Offset	Creates exterior walls that are offset as determined by the Exterior Wall Style
Exterior / Interior Wall Style	Select a wall style for the exterior and interior walls from either the default resources or the current file’s resources; see VectorWorks Design Series Default Resources
Constrain Straight Walls	Select to create straight vertical or horizontal walls out of spaces that are not perfectly vertical or horizontal
If they are within ___ degrees of vert/hor	Indicates the threshold for constraining walls; walls that deviate from vertical or horizontal within the number of degrees specified are automatically straightened
Combine Colinear interior walls	Select to draw multiple, colinear interior walls as a single wall

The available wall styles are defined by wall style resources (see Using Wall Styles).

3.	Click OK to create the walls on the destination layer.

Exterior and interior walls are applied automatically to the spaces. Round walls approximating the curves are used for Bézier and cubic spline vertices in the space objects.

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After the walls are created, the original space objects can still be modified. To update the walls to conform to the new spaces, select the Create Walls from Spaces command again. This reshapes existing walls and adds new walls where necessary, but does not interrupt any wall design development that may already have been accomplished. For example, if windows and doors were inserted and configured, they will remain in place when the walls are regenerated.