Vectorworks Tip 272 – Site Modeling – Site Modifiers – Grade Limits from Pad
Intermediate Tip – This a fast and efficient way to place a Grade Limits by using an existing Pad. You can set a constant slope or a constant distance.
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Vectorworks Tip 271 Hardscape Tool – Boundary Mode
- June 4, 2015
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Intermediate Tip – With this mode you are setting the overall shape of the Hardscape – the outline of it.
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Vectorworks Tip 270 – Edit Curtain Wall – Edit Frames
- June 3, 2015
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Intermediate Tip – By choosing the first mode with this tool, you can edit individual frames of the curtain wall. You can lengthen, shorten or delete parts of the frame system.
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Vectorworks Tip 269 – Reshape Tool – Moving Edges
- May 26, 2015
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Beginner Tip – The second mode on the Tool bar allows you to move an edge. This is an easy way to move the edges and it will not affect the angle of the adjoining sides.
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Vectorworks Tip 268 – Site Modelling – Grade Limits
- May 23, 2015
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Intermediate Tip – Grade Limits are used to limit the extent of the changes to the site model. Outside the grade limits the site model is not affected.
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Vectorworks Tip 267 – Hardscape – 3D Settings
- May 22, 2015
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Intermediate Tip – The 3D settings on the hardscape object allow you to create the 3D part of the hardscape where you can choose to create a slab, site modifier or texture bed.
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Vectorworks Tip 266 – Curtain Wall – Edit Curtain Wall Tool
- May 20, 2015
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Intermediate Tip – Once you have created the wall as a curtain wall, you can edit the individual panels and frames with the Edit Curtain Wall tool.
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Vectorworks Tip 265 – Reshape Tool – Moving Vertices
- May 19, 2015
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Beginner Tip – The first mode on the Tool bar allows you to move a vertex. You would use this if you wanted to change just one part of a polygon or polyline. This can be used on more than just polygons and polylines, it can be used on all…
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Vectorworks Tip #264 – Site Modeling – Site Modifiers – 3D Polygon
- May 16, 2015
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Intermediate Tip – A 3D Polygon can be a site modifier if you assign it to the correct class. The important thing is the class, if you do not assign it to the class, it will not work as a Site Modifier.
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The Edge: Archoncad and the Vectorworks Design Summit
- May 14, 2015
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Editor’s Note: What did you miss by not going to the the first ever Vectorworks Design Summit in Philadelphia? Find out from this interview with the one and only Jonathan Pickup. For the few of you who don’t know, Jonathan is the CAD guru behind Archoncad and the Author of many Vectorworks Manuals; his…