Intermediate Tip – These settings control the way that the hardscape appears in plan. You can control the main pattern, the border, tag and hardscape name. Most of these settings can be edited on the Object Info palette, but detailed control of the settings is on the Hardscape preferences dialog…
Intermediate Tip – Use the Wall Preferences dialog box to access the Panel Settings. The panels are the parts of the Curtain Wall between the frames. You can choose the type of panel, the fill and texture on of the panels. If you save this as a Wall Style, you…
Beginner Tip – The Reshape tool is used to edit the vertices that control polyline-based objects. This tool allows to move the vertex, change the vertex type, add a vertex, remove a vertex and hide edges.
Intermediate Tip – When you place a road, there is an option to send the station to the surface of the site model. But when you do that, the road might have some steep slopes as it follows the site. Aligning the stations vertically allows you to smooth out the…
This was the final day, so it was filled with the closing address by Adrian McGregor and the peek into the future of Vectorworks 2016 by Dr. Biplab Sarkar. This is the first time ever that Vectorworks have told anyone what the future of Vectorworks will look like. Usually, we…
Beginner Tip – A hardscape is used to create flat hard areas (typically paving or decking). It is usually used to create the plan view of the paving, but it can also be used to create a 3D part and it can be used as a site modifier.
Intermediate Tip – There are two main parts to the curtain wall – the frames and the panels. The frames have options to control the boundary and intermediate frames. There are several options, so work your way though the options carefully.
Beginner Tip – Use the Resource Browser to create a new Line Type. Use World Units for line types that should be based on real world sizes. Keep the graphics short and simple. If you make the main part of the line type too long, it will not be able…
BIM FOR LANDSCAPE | APPROVED FOR 1 AIA LU & 1 LA CES Jonathan Pickup, Author and Director of Training, archoncad Tuesday 2:00PM – 3:00AM There is a lot of talk about Building Information Modelling (BIM) in relation to architecture, but not a lot of talk about Building Information Modeling in relation to…
Today was a very busy day for me. When I arranged to attend the Design Summit I suggested that they put me to work as much as possible. Well, they really worked me today. I gave three presentations today: Creating and Managing Your Libraries (2x) BIM for Landscape