• Vectorworks Tip 347 – Align and Distribute From the Contextual Menu

    This commnad allows you to select objects and line them up based on thier location, but this command uses the selected objects as the controlling obejct, the other object will line with the object that you right-click on.

  • Vectorworks Tip 345 – Auto Join or Not Auto Join

    When you join walls, there is a huge difference between walls joined with Auto Join turned off and walls joined with Auto Join turned on. Make sure you use the correct option for your work.

  • Vectorworks Tip 344 – Vectorworks Angles vs Survey Angles

    Vectorworks, like all CAD programs, uses 0° for the angle of a line that is horizontal (X direction) and uses 90° for a vertical line (Y direction) surveys on the other hand start measuring the angles from North (which is 0°), through East. So a survey angle that is 200°…

  • Vectorworks Tip 343 – Site Model Cut and Fill

    Every once in a while a client will get confused about what is cut and fill when dealing with a site model. Cut volumes are the parts that are removed from the site model, fill volumes other parts that are added to the site model.

  • iPad Stylus 1

    I have been looking for a stylus for my iPad/Tablet so that I can use it to create sketches. I create a lot of sketches (usually to show a Vectorworks concept) and lately i have been creating 100’s of sketches for a course that I was writing for the Open…

  • Vectorworks Tip 342 – What is BIM?

    In its most simplest terms, BuildingInformation Modeling allows you to create plans, sections, and details from the 3-D model of your project, along with reports on the objects in the project (number of plants, the areas of landscape, the areas of hardscape, etc.)

  • Vectorworks Tip 341 – Align and Distribute Command

    This command in on the Modify menu. It is designed to allow you to align or distribute selected objects. This means that you have to select the objects before you use the command.

  • Vectorworks Tip 340 – Wall Wall Textures Overall

    If you don’t like assigning wall textures by components, you can use Overall. This method requires that you choose a texture for a part of the wall (top, left, right, etc). If you are using unstyled walls without components this will be the best way, but you do have to…

  • Vectorworks Tip 339- Assign Wall Textures by Component

    If you use Wall Styles (with components) it is a lot easier to assign the wall textures to the wall components themselves, then on the Texture Settings, choose to have the textures By Component. This will assign the texture to the entire component, but it makes it easy to get…