Slabs are a hybrid object, which means that they have both 2D and 3D components. An easy way to create a slab is to draw 2D polygon for the plan of the slab. Using the command Create Objects from Shapes…, You can make this polygon into a slab. The slab…
I quite often have projects which use the same profile but have different paths for my extrusions. One of the tricks I use is to duplicate the extrude along path, and then edit the path. That makes it very quick to create a new extrude along path, especially if you…
I try to make sure that I use a consistent system for annotations. My preference is to keep as much work as possible on the design layers but this is not possible for some viewports. Elevations, sections, and detail viewports do not allow you to put this information on the…
If you’re going to create a report to list all the parts of a building takeoff, the first thing you have to do is to decide what parts you want to report. Vectorworks will report anything you choose, but it can’t read your mind so you have to design your…
Because the design layer is the basic currency of project sharing, if you want to update a viewport on a sheet layer, you may need to check out that sheet layer and the design layers that have been used to create that viewport. If you do not you will be…
Now that you can create a fall to your hardscape objects, you have different ways of setting the fall. You can set the fall by percentage, by ratio, or by elevation at the start and the finish.
When you create an Extrude Along Path, the centre of the profile is always located on the path. This might be the reason why some of your extrude along path objects do not match the 3D model you wanted to create. But you can edit the location of the profile…
Print to PDF – There is a huge difference between printing to a PDF on a Macintosh or on a Windows machine. Printing to PDF is built into a Macintosh, but before a Windows machine can print to PDF you will need something additional like PDF995 (software that will allow…
One of the most important uses for worksheets is the ability to automatically count objects in your drawing. For example, you might want to count all of your trees separate from all of your groundcovers. You can set up a worksheet to do just that. As you add trees or…
The basic currency of project sharing is the Design Layer. When you want to work on a project, you have to check out a design layer before you can edit anything.