SST_1205 Creating a Conceptual Model

Vectorworks is really good at creating a conceptual model, especially for urban design. Vectorworks allows you to import a plan of a city (using shape files) then quickly build the 3-D parts of the city for you to check your urban design against. You can put in a sun, create solar animations, fly around your design, and so on.

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3D Modeling in Vectorworks is a lot of fun , and it can be productive if you apply the basic tools and techniques we covered in February 2012. Some people use other software to create conceptual models, but I believe that Vectorworks has powerful techniques for this.
The manual for this is now online.
You can read it here:

Contents

• Locate the Site
  • A Word About Shapefiles 
  • Adding Import Shapefiles… to You Workspace
• Creating the Roads
• Creating The Building Sites
• Creating the Contextual Buildings
•  Adding  a Sun and a Camera
• Creating the Conceptual Model
• Referencing Information From Other Files

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