I have added 10 new movies to the Vector-workout Guide to Productivity for Vectorworks 2009,…
Guide to Productivity
Vectorworks is extremely powerful when you use it correctly. There are many, many productivity techniques you can use to make Vectorworks faster. But it’s not just about customizing Vectorworks, there are many basic techniques that will make you faster. In this post there are over 180 links to movies. I believe that these are the tools and techniques that you need to learn. If you learn these tools and techniques you will find that it’s not just more productive to use Vectorworks, you will also find it’s more fun.
Productivity Techniques
- Draw With Objects
- Selection tool
- Tool Bar Shortcuts and Quick Preferences
- Customise VectorWorks To Make It Faster
- Use The Right Mouse Button
- Set Your Preferences
- Drag A Copy
- Add Surface/Clip Surface
- Zoom With the Scroll Wheel
- Reshape Tool
- Eye Dropper
- Move by Points
- Objects From Polyline (Create Objects from Shapes)
- Align/Distribute
- Set the Tool Preferences
- Create a Template
- Navigation Palette
- Use Layers And Classes
- Use Symbols, not Groups
- Hot Keys
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Rotate Plan
- Split Tool
- Clip Tool
Snapping Palette
Object Info Palette
Resource Browser
- What is the Resource Browser?
- Attaching a Library to the Browser
- Changing the Viewing Options on the Resource Browser
- Creating a Symbol Folder
- Exporting Resources
- Finding Resources
Graphics
Layers and Classes
Property Line Tool
Importing and Exporting Files
Site Modelling
- What is a Site Model?
- Using 3D Points – 3D Loci
- DTM From Text File
- Site Model From a Survey and 3D Points
- Edit the Original Source Data of the Site Model
- Edit the Extent of the Site Model
- Site Modifiers
- Roads
- Pads and Boundaries (Grade Limits)
- Cut and Fill Calculations
- Hardscape
- Stake Object
- Texture Bed
Dealing With Walls
- Simple Walls
- Existing and Demolished Walls
- Joining Walls
- Joining Wall Components
- Auto-Join Walls
- Healing Walls
- Using Walls on Multilevel Plans
- Reshaping Walls in 3D
- Changing The Height At The End Of A Wall
- Changing the Overall Height of a Wall
- Fit Walls to Roof
- Creating Wall Styles
- Wall Style Library
- Replacing Wall Styles
- Wall Sculpting – Wall Recess
- Wall Sculpting – Wall Projection
Dealing With Roofs
- Creating Roofs
- Gable Roof
- Split Gable
- One Gable
- Mono Pitch Roof
- Inserting a Dormer Window
- Inserting a Skylight
- Cut Out in a Standard Roof
- Roof Accessories
- When You Can’t Edit The Roof Enough
- Creating Roof Face by Angle
- Creating a Roof Face by Rise Over Run
- Creating a Roof Face – Peak Height Above Axis
- Cut Out in a Roof Face
- Curved Roofs
- Flat Roofs
- Creating a Complex Roof Using a Standard Roof
- 2 Storey Roof – Roof for Lower Floor
- 2 Storey Roof – Roof for Upper Floor
- 2 Storey Roof – Fixing Roof issues
Vertical Transport
- Stair Tool – Straight Stair
- Stair Tool – Straight Stair with Landing
- Stair Tool – Stair with Landing – L Stair
- Stair Tool – Stair with Winders
- Stair Tool Library
- Custom Stair – Straight Stair
- Custom Stair – Straight Stair with Landing
- Custom Stair – Stair with Landing – L Stair
- Custom Stair – Stair with Winders
- Custom Stair Library
- Unusual Stairs
- Ramps
- Escalators
Annotation
- Creating Text
- Editing text
- Checking Spelling
- Find/Replace Text
- Associative Dimensions
- Interactive Dimensions
- Constrained Dimensions
- Unconstrained Dimensions
- Circular Dimensions
- Angular Dimensions
- Moving Dimension Lines
- Changing the Dimension Standard
- Creating Your Own Dimension Standard
- Drawing Label
- Reference Marker
- Section-Elevation Marker
- Elevation Benchmark
- Callout Tool
- Callout Tool With Text From a Database
- Callout Tool, Place as Keynote
- Edit Keynote Legend
- Callout Tool, Place as Keynote, With More than One Legend
- Callout Tool,Creating a New Note Database
- Callout Tool, Editing the Note Database
- Sheet Border
- Customise The Sheet Border
Floors, Slabs, Columns and Pillars
Viewing
Building a Symbol Library
Customising Vectorworks
Viewports
Referencing (Workgroup Reference)
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I have been using the manuals written by Jonathan Pickup since he began writing them in 2000. They were simple pamphlets then but very instructive. The lesson were easy to follow with the idea of learning the fundamentals and building your skills. I was delighted when Nemetschek choose Jon to write the manuals a few years ago. His approach to teaching these skills makes the complex seems simple. It worked so well for me that now I’m teaching Vectorworks to my son who is a college engineering student. Thanks Jon and congratulations on your continued success