In this session we looked at creating a bar for a nightclub. This allowed use to look at Extrude Along Path…, Extract tool, Create Surface Array…, Convert to Line Light, and we added lights and rendered the screen. This session suffered from sound issues and a major crash that meant…
In this session the attendees wanted to look at modeling a simple greenhouse (Glasshouse). This project is reasonably straightforward and requires the understanding of some 3-D tools and commands. For example, the command used most to create this object is Extrude Along Path… This command is extremely useful for creating…
In this session we looked at as many of the standard tools on the 3D Modelling toolset. Many users do not know what the tools can be used for, so this is the first session (of several) that will look at the tools in detail.
In this session we looked at a commands called Create Drape Surface. This command can be used to create a surface that covered objects, you can often use this to create a smooth copy of a site model. When you use it it looks like you have thrown a blanket…
In this session we looked at using simple 3D modelling to create a design to earthquake strengthening. This would be a useful strategy when you want to discuss the design of the detail with an person (maybe the engineer who designed it). Using Automatic Working Planes, simple extrusions, the Push/Pull…
In this session we looked at the Clip Cube, how to activate it, how to manipulate it, how to use it to create a section viewport, and how it can be saved as part of a Saved View. Then we looked at creating a 3D detail showing the intersection of…
In this session we looked at how you can use Automatic working planes and 3D symbols to make the symbols site directly on the working plane. We also looked at how to start with modelling a sink, looking at the workflow for creating a complex object. In order to create…
In the special interest group we had a couple of users who like using SketchUp for 3D modelling rather than Vectorworks, so we looked at how to use Vectorworks for 3D modelling in the same ways that SketchUp does it. I don’t use SketchUp for 3D modelling because I like Vectorworks…
The idea behind the special interest group sessions is to look at one of the really fun part of Vectorworks, modelling in 3D. But it’s easy to create three-dimensional objects in Vectorworks that you can’t then translate into Vectorworks architectural objects (walls, roofs, etc). In the session we look at…
Commands in detail – Extrude Along Path (EAP). The session decided that it would be a good idea to look at one particular command (Extrude Along Path) in detail to see what works and what doesn’t work, to see where you need to be careful and see where we can…