I hear some users talk about setting the height of a wall. Even people that have been using Vectorworks for a while seem to be struggling with the new settings that control the top and bottom elevations of walls. The names of these settings have also changed; the top of…
When you create walls and slabs, you can connect the wall components to slab components. The first step is to set up a wall style with components. One of those components should be a core (I usually use the structural part of the wall for this). When you create the…
I have previously posted about sketching on an iPad and how you can use technology to improve your sketching. I created a Youtube movie to show how this was possible, and several people took me to task, saying that tracing is not sketching. It turns out that the old masters…
Walls can be textured by object or by component. What does this mean? When you texture the wall by object, the textures are applied to the top, bottom, left, right, and center of the entire wall, regardless of the component textures. If you texture the wall by component, the texture of each component…
Slabs can be textured by object or by component. What does this mean? When you texture the slab by object, the textures are applied to the top, bottom, and sides of the entire slab, regardless of the component textures. If you texture the slab by component, the texture of each…
I saw someone on the community board ask if it was possible to use the click cube to create a perspective viewport. It is possible. There are a few steps involved in this: Use the Clip Cube to create a section viewport. Place the section viewport on a design layer. Use a camera to create…
Next week, we have sessions that focus on using InteriorCAD XS. These sessions will focus on an introduction to using it rather than focusing on the advanced features. When you learn the basics really well, the advanced features are easy to deal with. In order to understand how InteriorCAD XS…
You can create a retaining wall on a site model by using a couple of site modifiers. They can be pads or contours. The important part is to make sure that you use a grade limit to control the extent of the site mode change.
I get a lot of questions from users about my web sites. They want to know if they should join my subscription web site, or whether they should complete one of my courses first.
Object Styles are a combination of a Plugin Object and a Symbol. When you place several Plugin objects in your drawing, they are all individuals. When you make changes to one of them, it does not affect any of the others. A symbol in the drawing is an exact copy of…