• Controlling Graphics

    It is easy enough to create a drawing with lines, but that does not make the drawing easy to read. Using colors and graphics will help others to read your drawings. In many cases, making your drawings easier to read will help your clients to understand the drawings, it will…

  • Palettes

    Snapping Palette The snapping palette has all of your snapping controls. It controls how you snap to objects. Where is the Snapping Palette?  The snapping palette is useful, so open it and try to keep it open. Snap to Grid Use this when you want to draw using a grid system….

  • Worksheets

    What Is a Worksheet? Worksheets are like simple spreadsheets. Worksheets allow you to calculate and report information from your Vectorworks files. This is a powerful technique. It has been available in Vectorworks for many years. You can use worksheets to find objects, report them, and do calculations on the objects that…

  • Productivity Techniques

    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.  I believe that these are the tools and techniques that you…

  • Walls

    Wall Tool Introduction Wall Drawing Modes

  • Classes and Layers

    These two concepts are the main organizing concepts for your information. Some people think these concepts are interchangeable, this is wrong. Layers are an organizing concept that allows you to group things together in a particular elevation.  Layers not used to find control of information. Classes control visibility and graphic style of…