You can add planar objects to a slab using Add Surface. The first step is to create your slab object. Next, draw your planar object. In the images above of use the automatic working plane to draw the planar object on the same plane as slab. Select the slab and…
Creating contours allows you to create slices through a 3-D model. You might be wondering what these are for. You can use this tool to create the slices through a 3-D model so that you can then rearrange or adjust the setting out of the model.
You can create a linked viewport by using a detail reference object. On the Object Info palette, choose the viewport that you want to link to. Then, the viewport will be permanently linked to the reference. If you move the viewport from one sheet to another, or change the number…
It’s extremely useful to use wall styles when you’re creating the project. If you are using all styles on an existing building however you might find that many walls have different widths. If you use wall styles for existing buildings you might find you have to generate several different wall…
When you try to open a project file, Vectorworks will a copy of the project file will be called a working file and will append your username to the file name. You can never really open the project file.
Slabs can have components, like walls. The components can represent the structure of the slab. For example you might have a structural slab (shown in green) with a topping slab (shown in grey)
Because Vectorworks remembers the original path and the original profile for your extruded along path, you can edit this object and you can completely change the profile, without changing the path. This allows you to start creating your objects before you have all the information you need, because you can…
The concept is that you can create a reference object in your plans, sections, or elevations, and link this object to a viewport (maybe a detail) on a different sheet layer. When you update the number of the detail or move the detail from one sheet to another the drawing…
Use worksheets to shedule areas of components. If you’re using a wall for example, you might want to schedule the area of the external finish, the internal finish, and the baseboard (skirting). Using components allows you to pack the various wall components and report them individually in your worksheets.
Project sharing has an administration dialog box that allows you to set up preferences (or privileges) for different users. This allows you to set up a system that allows some users to have full access to the file,while other uses can only see the contents of the file and cannot…