Creating A Title Block – Now that we have arranged the viewports on a sheet layer, we can add a title block. There are two tools that we can use for this: Sheet Border or VAA Title Block. If you are using the NZ/Aust version of Vectorworks, use the VAA Title…
Creating A Perspective View – You can use your 3D model to create as many plans, sections, elevations, and perspectives views that you require. To create a Perspective view it is easier if you use the Renderworks Camera tool to do it.
Creating Drawings – Now that we have some of the information, we can create drawings using viewports and sheet layers to show the live elevation from our model. You do not have to wait until the model is complete before you create your drawings. Viewports let you take a view of…
Creating Roof Framing – We have a tool that will allow us to create roof framing, it’s called the Framing Member. If you are using the Fundamentals workspace change back to your professional workspace where you will find the Framing Member Tool on the Detailing toolset. Not only will this tool…
Creating The Columns – There is a tool that is specifically designed for drawing columns. This tool creates a 2D and a 3D portion of a column. Like the wall tool, it makes it quick to create these objects if you set the preferences correctly.
Creating The Walls – Many of our projects need walls. This is obvious for architects but many landscape projects also use walls as well. If we use the walls correctly we can get the 2D view of the project that we require, and we can also get the 3D part of the…
Setting Up The Layers – As we are going to create a 3D drawing it will be substantially easier if we create and set up our layers correctly for this project. This is one area where some users think that Vectorworks is too complex. If you find this area complex, then…
Creating A New File – The project will be a lot easier to create if you spend a few minutes setting up the file first.
Introduction – I have taught many Vectorworks users who think that 2D is the easy part of Vectorworks and 3D only comes into play as an added luxury: “I want to get 2D under my belt first, then look at 3D.” This is a complete misunderstanding of the way that Vectorworks…
Exporting Results – After doing all this work with Energos you might want to send this information to other consultants, especially mechanical engineer. Energos has an export option that will export all the information that it has.