• SST_0803 – Setting up a Kitchen Plan

    I wrote a Kitchen Design manual some years ago and it needs updating. I thought this would be a good place to update the manual.

  • SST_0802 – Drawing a Landscape Plan

    This manual looks at importing a survey drawing and using this to create a landscape plan.

  • SST_0801 Productivity Techniques

    I thought it would be a good idea to start the new year making sure that you are using the best techniques for productivity. 33 Tips for being more productive.

  • SST_0710 – Dealing with Roofs

    Roofs for standard houses are easy, but what if you don’t want a standard roof.

  • SST_0709 – Making Drawings

    One way of creating drawings in view is to create one file for each drawing that you want. You can copy & paste the information from one file to the next. While some people might be happy to use this method; I am not; and it is not the recommended…

  • SST_0708 Introduction to Worksheets

    Worksheets allow you count and schedule stuff in VectorWorks. For example you can count all the trees in a site, schedule all the doors on a particular floor of a project, even find the weight of a bracket in a 3D model . Worksheets are an under-used area of VectorWorks…

  • SST_0707 – Annotation

    Annotation is more than just putting text and dimensions on the drawing, although I will be covering this to make sure you are doing it correctly, there are note tools, tools to store a database of notes and tools for labeling.

  • SST_0706 – Introduction to Customising VectorWorks

    VectorWorks works really well, but if you edit the workspace, and customise the arrangement of the tools and menus you can work faster and happier. We will learn how to edit the workspace and add commands to the right mouse button.