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  • Vectorworks Tip 364 – Hardscape Objects Have a Fall

    • January 22, 2016
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    From 2016 onwards hardscape objects can be designed to have a fall. Previous versions of Vectorworks only allowed the hardscape object to be flat, now you can choose to slope the hardscape.

  • Vectorworks Tip 363 – Extrude Along Path (Direction Matters)

    • January 21, 2016
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    When you create an extrude along path the direction of your path is extremely important. Your profile object is always lined up with the start of your path and is then extruded along it. If your path is going in the reverse direction, you will find that your profile is…

  • Vectorworks Tip 362 – Publishing to PDF

    • January 20, 2016
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    This facility is only available if you have a Designer Series version of Vectorworks. It allows you to select which sheet layers or save views you want to print, and then it prints them to a single PDF file.

  • Vectorworks Tip 361 – Light Falloff

    • January 19, 2016
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    As you move away from a light source the intensity of the light falls off. The actual amount that falls off is another physics concept known as the inverse square law. In simple terms as you double the distance from the light, the intensity of the light goes down by…

  • Vectorworks Tip 360 – Extrude Along Path

    • January 14, 2016
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    This is one of the most useful 3D commands. In basic terms it takes a profile object and pulls it along the path, allowing you to make really complex shapes, really easily. The commanders in the model menu (Menu bar > Model > Extrude Along Path…)

  • Vectorworks Tip 359 – Export to PDF

    • January 13, 2016
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    There is more than one way to export your information to a PDF file. Both the “Export PDF” command and Publishing to PDF are available to every Design Series version of Vectorworks, though they’re not available in Fundamentals. There are differences between exporting to PDF and publishing, Export to PDF only exports…

  • New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work

    • January 12, 2016
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    It is traditional at this time of the year to create a list of resolutions that you hope you will achieve by the end of the year. The vast majority of people that create New Year’s resolutions will not achieve them. When I said to somebody that most New Year’s…

  • Vectorworks Tip 358 – Color Temperature for Lights

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    When you create a light in Vectorworks you have the ability to change the colour. One of the settings is to use colour temperature. The colour temperature is physics concept that relates the colour of the light to the temperature of the surface radiating the light (in degrees Kelvin). In…

  • Outdoor Lighting

    • January 6, 2016
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    Next week we have our Interactive Webinars on Outdoor Lighting. We have covered lighting before, but we covered it from an interior viewpoint. This time we are covering lighting from an outdoor point of view, which I think means nighttime. There are many things that you have to look at…

  • Archoncad website updated

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    At the final sessions of last year, a couple of users pointed out that the archoncad website could be easier to navigate. With the help of my friend Neil in Canada, we have updated the website to make it easier to understand where all the parts are, easier to book…

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