Vectorworks Tip #225 – Attributes – Tiles
Tiles are a great way to create graphic fills for your drawings. Tiles allow you to draw lines, polygons, circles, rectangles, etc. to make repeatable patterns.
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Vectorworks Tip #224 – Site Modeling – Simplify Polys
- February 28, 2015
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When you import polygons for site modelling they often have too many vertices. This command will simplify the polygons and make your site models faster.
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Vectorworks Tip #223 – Plant Tool – Place Multiple Plants by Clicking
- February 27, 2015
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Use this mode to place several plants. Each click places one plant (one of the group). Double-click to finish. This mode allows you to adjust the spacing between the plants but still have all the plants in one group.
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Vectorworks Tip #222 – Stories and Levels – Creating New Levels
- February 26, 2015
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If you want to create new levels, click on the New Level… button. You can create as many levels as you need to complete your design. Keep the level names short and concise.
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Vectorworks Tip #221 – Attributes – Editing Patterns
- February 25, 2015
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Although patterns are an old technique, they might still be useful. Vectorworks can only present about 64 patterns (due to the size of the palette) but you can edit the patterns that are there. The command is in the Edit menu.
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Vectorworks Tip #220 – Site Modelling – Stake Objects
- February 21, 2015
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You can use a stake object to place a point for site modelling. I use a stake to place a 3D point to match the survey points.
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Vectorworks Tip #219 – Plant Tool – Place Single Plant
- February 20, 2015
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Use this mode to place a single plant. Click once to place a plant.
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Vectorworks Tip #218 – Stories and Levels – Editing Default Levels
- February 19, 2015
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If you do not like the names of the standard design layers and levels in your story set up dialog box, you can edit them by clicking on the Edit Default Levels… This dialog box allows you to change the default layer names, level names and level elevations for the…
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Vectorworks Tip #217 – Attributes – Changing the Colours on Patterns
- February 18, 2015
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Patterns have a foreground and a background colour and each can be edited separately. Click on the appropriate button to edit the foreground or background colour. This allows you to create other colours by combining the two colours.
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Vectorworks Tip #216 – Site Modelling – Grid Entry Method
- February 14, 2015
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For some users, this is the default way of recording information on site. If you are going to use the grid entry method, it is very important that you survey the site using the same strict grid on site.