5. Copy Ground floor wall to First floor



Copy Ground floor wall to First floor

Generally walls of different floors are added in their own drawing model pairs. You can copy object/s from an active drawing model pair to another drawing model pair

  • In this exercise we will copy all ground floor walls ( external / internal including openings ) to first floor and adjust to suite 



1.  Activate ground floor wall layout 


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2.  Select all the walls ( external / internal including openings ) press CTRL A on the keyboard to select all.


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3.  Right click and from the contextual menu click on 'Advanced' 'Copy to Another Floor, 


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4.  Then select 1st level, wall layout as shown 

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5  Click Yes

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6.  If you have ground floor walls shown as reference in 1st level wall layout, you can either delete them or hide. 

In 'Modeling' Tab click Reference Drawings  → Properties

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7.  Untick the box, ground_walls.vxp ( as shown ) and click OK

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8.  Ground floor walls, doors and windows have been copied to 1st floor. 

( Press F2 switch to 3D view )


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Adjust brick siding to suit




  • Adjust the 1st level bricks to  - 419mm

  • Select all external walls at 1st level.

  • Right click and from the contextual menu click on 'Properties'

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  • Change the brick siding to  - 419mm and click OK

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  • All external walls brick siding ave been adjusted. 

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  • Adjust the walls and openings to suit ( as shown below ).

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  • Press F2 to switch to 3D view


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Add Ceiling Plane, Roof plane and Roof trusses 


Refer to Vertex BD Pro 2020 Training Manual Part-1 ( Basic Training ) for more details


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