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Guide to Residential Concept Design
Many of my clients want to use Vectorworks just for conceptual design.This means that the users often want a cut-down Vectorworks interface that just shows the tools they want, to make it faster to draw.
Often these users do not want to draw the walls of the building, they want a quick way of modeling the building, a way to see the building on the site, and they want to be able to check the building with a solar study.
Contents
Workspace Editing
Workspace Editing
- What is the Workspace
- Editing the Workspace – Creating a New Workspace
- Editing the Workspace – Changing Menus
- Editing the Workspace – Changing Tools
Document Set up
- Creating A New File
- Setting Up The Page Size
- Setting The Smart Cursor Settings For Faster Drawing
- Setting Up Units For Primary And Secondary Units
- Creating Custom Dimension Standards
- Setting Up Layers for the Building.
- Save As Template
Creating Spaces (Rooms)
- Creating a Space Object
- Creating a Space Object from Polygons
- Editing a Space Object
- Creating a Space Object Report
3D Modeling
- Creating an Extrusion
- Creating a Tapered Extrusion
- Protrusion/Cutout Tool
- Split Tool
- Editing The Concept to Match the Site Model
Site Modelling
- What is a Site Model?
- Drawing Simple Site Plans
- Creating a Site Plan From a Polygon
- Site Model From a Survey and 3D Points
- Edit the Site Model Data
- Edit the Extent of the Site Model
- Pads and Boundaries (Grade Limits)
- Recessions Planes
- Texture for Recessions Planes
Creating A Complete Model
Visualization
- Set 3D View
- Renderworks Camera
- Flyover Tool
- Walkthrough Tool
- Set Sun Position
- Solar Study
- Solar Animation
Building with Walls, Roof and Windows
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