BIM_SIG_026 Special Interest Group July 2013

In this session we looked at there topics: creating a custom window symbol, editing the roof of a massing model, and using a 3D polygon to modify a site model.

Topics covered:

• drawing in screen plane
• quater arc tool
• clip cube
• drawing with automatic planes
• offset polyline
• send to back/clip surface
• extruding the frame to create the window
• making a symbol of the window
• setting the correct orientation for a symbol in a wall.
• duplicating a symbol in a wall
• using symbol geometry with a Vectorworks window
• setting classes on the objects in the symbol
• cant add sills or trims (architraves) on the symbol geometry
• setting the window ID
• creating a massing model from a polygon
• using classes on the massing model
• send to surface with a massing model
• using site modifiers with a massing model
• using custom profile with massing model
• editing the custom roof profile on a massing model
• you have to set the massing model options first, before you create the massing model, otherwise you will find a bug in Vectorworks.
• editing the bearing height of a roof
• editing the bearing height of a roof with the Reshape tool
• Sending a polygon to the surface of a site model
• converting a 3D polygon to a site model
• updating a site model
• adding a grade limits (boundary) to the site modlifier
• adding a site modifier with the freehand tool
• also look at the Landmark SIG’s

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