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With Visual Building Pro and Premium it is easy to create a buttress wall:

In a new empty project draw the side profile of your buttress using the 2D Drawing tools. Ensure that all the points of the outline are connected.

Right click on the completed profile outline and select from the context menu Save selected object as profile.. This will allow you to save the outline.

Select the 2D contour and now use the the 3D Construction - Extrude Solid - Extrude 2D contour tool to extrude a 3D Object from the 2D shape,

Rotate the object, and resize and you have your buttress. You can now save the 3D object to the catalogue for future use.

I'm renovating an old chapel, which has an external buttress supporting the wall. Is it possible to add a buttress to my external wall to show both in the plan drawings and the 3D view. I cant see how to create a shaped profile for the wall buttress using the standard wall tools.

Alan B via email