This session carried on the project with the 3 buildings on the site. In this session we looked at site modeling, hardscapes and roading. We also looked at the Landmark workspace to see if there are tools that would suit architects.
In this session we looked at site modifiers and how to create a sloping area of paving, how the Extract Tool works and how we can use it to create site modifiers. Site modifiers seems to be an area that causes a lot of confusion, so in this session we…
Continuing on from the Special Interest Group 033, were now starting to take our project into the conceptual design drawings for a single unit. You have a choice – you can create your drawings in a separate file (the referenced house file) or you can use the combined site plan…
In this session the attendees wanted to look at section viewports, using the clip cube to make section viewports, how to move section markers, and how to use class overrides in viewports. For this session I used to three-story building that I have used previously.
Continuing on with the multi-unit project. In this session we wanted to link 3 house files to the site model. As well as that, we want to be able to create a plan of the site showing the roof plans, and a site plan showing the ground floor plans. It…
This session focused mainly on site modeling, creating steps in the site model, and creating a retaining wall that stepped along the site. The problem in this situation is the proximity of the retaining wall to the site boundary.
In this session we started a project that will take several sessions to complete. The project will eventually have several apartments in different files that are then linked to an overall site plan. The aim is to be able to schedule the rooms and apartments from the main site plan. For…
In this session we looked at a complex roof and how to deal with it. The trick is to break the roof into sections and deal with each section separately. Part of this process uses the old Fit Walls to Roof… command which has now been renamed Fit Walls to Objects…
In the session the users want to lock at the options to create muntins (glazing bars) on Windows. Vectorworks has several options for creating these sorts of glazing bars, but these options might not suit your design style. We also looked at what you can do to create the glazing…
Users in this session wanted to look at how to control the attributes of the objects the drawing. The short answer is that you have to use the Attributes palette. But there are several options on the Attributes palette, which you have to understand in order to use it effectively. If you…