Barge Board – Vectorworks will not create barge boards automatically. There are three techniques that you can use, the Framing Member, Extrude Along Path, or Extract and Extrude. We have covered all of these techniques in the last chapter, so if you have not covered it already please go back to…
Creating Ridge Flashings – It is becoming more common for drawings to require the ridge and hip flashings to be shown on the building. The reason for this is that regulatory authorities often want to ensure that these flashings are shown to avoid the builder accidentally leaving them out. If you create…
Standard Roof Accessories – Vectorworks has the ability to create some to the roof accessories for you. As you will see, it creates some but doesn’t create the accessories that you require, and those that does create a not always created where you need them.
Creating A Roof – In this exercise we will be looking at how to create a standard roof and what the accessories mean. Later on we will look at each accessory in detail. I am going to start with a plan of my building drawn with walls. These walls already have the correct…
Conclusion – There is no doubt in my mind that using a Building Information Modelling workflow is by far the most productive way of creating drawings. As you can see from this manual, there are several speed advantages in building the 3D model. Initially, you might find that it is slightly…
Creating A Detail – Vectorworks has the ability to link viewports to detail references. This will allow you to create a detail reference in one location and link it to a viewport in a different location. When you update the 3D model the section will update, and the detail will also…
Creating A Section – It is now time to complete the drawings. If you are used to a 2D only workflow, you may not be used to using viewports and sheet layers to create your drawings. We have already set up one sheet layer and created several viewports but these might…
Adding Furniture – Vectorworks comes with several furniture objects that you could use to populate your design. For this example I am only going to place a table and chairs, but you may want to place other furniture objects such as base cabinets, utility cabinets, handrails, et cetera.
Adding Additional Walls – I keep coming back to it, as one of the key features of this way of drawing is the ability to update the design layer and see the changes on the viewports. At this point you may have had a discussion with your client or you may…
Creating A Slab – In this exercise we use the plan to quickly create a slab.