In this session we looked at how to create a window with a sloping (raking) head and a sloping (raked) sill. It is possible to make a window or windoor object that has a sloping or raking head, but not a sloping or raking sill. If you create a symbol…
In this session we looked at note databases and how they work with the Callout tool. This includes how to place a callout, how the callout can get the text form a database, how to place the callout as a keynote and how to connect the callout to a legend….
Vectorworks 2015 has the ability to tightly control the the settings for walls and slabs by using Stories and Levels. This does require care planning and setting up in the Stories dialog box and in the wall and slab style dialog boxes. This session looks in detail at setting up…
The questions for today focussed on how to set up wall styles for a renovation project. When you are creating the walls from a survey, you often have several different wall thicknesses, but if you use wall styles, you will end up with several wall styles, so it is better…
In this session we looked at how to move a project from a 3D model to a Vectorworks model using building elements. We started by creating a 3D model in Vectorworks using 3D modelling techniques such as extrusion, taper face, push/pull tool, etc. After creating the desired 3D model, you can…
In this session we looked at setting up Design Layers, Levels, and Stories. There is always some choice about the elevation of Design Layers. The setting out of the Design Layers can be related to the top of the slab, and I usually set the elevation of the top of the ground floor…
In this session we looked at Vectorworks 2015 and the hatches that come with the Aust/NZ wall styles and hatches, we looked at where to find the wall styles and hatches, how to rename the hatches, how to store your own hatches, how to update your hatches from an older version of Vectorworks using…
In this session we looked at how to control the surface hatching in Hidden Line viewports and we talked about the strategy for creating a site plan with a building on it. There are a couple of strategies for this, you can create all the layers with the same scale…
In this session we looking in detail at how to set up a wall style that uses Design Layers, Levels and Stories to control the elevations of the wall components and how to connect the wall components to slab components.
In this session we looked at the Select Similar tool, Reshaping Walls, Custom Selection command, adding an object to a window symbol to fill in the walls on some plans, Section Viewports, using the Clip Cube to create a Section Viewport, and creating a Detail Viewport.