When you create your stairs, you can choose to connect the start (bottom step) and the end (top step) of your stair to levels. This will allow you to create several levels to control the starting and stopping of stairs so that they matched the various levels in your project.
There are times where you want to change the rotation or the scale of your tile, but just for one object. In this situation you can use the attributes palette to change the local mapping of the tile assigned to the object. You can also use the attribute mapping tool…
These are your first type of site modifier. They are usually flat, but you can add a slope to the pad if you want. Use pads to create flat or sloping areas on a site model. Pads can be square, rectangular, round, polygonal, any shape you want…
Use this mode when you want to place multiple plants in a rectangular array. Vectorworks will use the plant size and spacing from the plant definition, and the plants will be placed orthogonally on the screen. Rotate the plan to suit the site boundary if you need to.
Levels can be used to control the setting out of your slabs (the Z reference level). If you set this up carefully, it can be a very powerful setting to automatically control the height of your ceiling relative to the structural objects.
This is a short introduction to the archoncad website. We will be looking at the resources that are here and how to use them. If you are new to my website you may find that this introduction will allow you to get a lot more from this website. There are…
Like the other attributes, you can use the Attribute palette or the Resource Browser to assign tiles to your objects
Site Modifiers are used to modify the site model. There are a few tools that can create a site modifier. You generally need two parts to the site modifier: the modifier itself and an object to limit the extent of the modification.
Use this mode to place multiple plants. This mode uses the plant spacing from the plant definition, rather than the click, and it places the plants along the path between the clicks. You can draw a line or a polygon and Vectorworks will place the plants along it for you.
Levels can be used to control the bottom bound and the top bound of columns. The levels can be in the current story, in the story above (the top of a column), or the story below (for the bottom of the column). This gives you a lot of flexibility to control…