When you create objects in Vectorworks they can be 2D, 3D or a combination of both. Many objects also have information attached to them. If you think of a door for example, the door has a plan view, you can view it in 3D, and you can report the information…
When you create drawings, you need to use the concepts that are built into Vectorworks in order to make your drawings efficient. In this manual we will be looking at several concepts that we can use to speed up the creation of drawings, concepts such as Design Layers, Classes, Sheet…
The Resource Manager is an extremely important part of your Vectorworks interface. It allows you to look for resources (hatches, line styles, wall styles, plants, et cetera). So it’s important that we understand how to use it because it is will make you more efficient and improve your productivity. The…
As we have done for most of the other years, we will be reviewing all the manuals for 2016. We have covered a lot of ground and the manuals seems to be covering workflows now, rather than just covering tips or techniques. I’m really happy with this change because it takes…
In this manual we looked at interior design, and while we are the kitchen as the basis of our design, this manual is about more than just kitchen design. It is tempting to think that if we covered the design of the kitchen, that would be enough. But also like…
For Vectorworks 2017 we have five major new technologies: Resource Manager Camera Match Structural Member Objects Irrigation Tools Virtual Reality We will be covering these technologies in detail, probably later in the year or early next year, but in this manual there will be a brief overview of them. Last…
Vectorworks has the tools and commands to quickly create a concept model. But we want mode than just a few elevations, we need to know if the main site can be subdivided, how large the project can be, and how much it might cost to construct. In this manual we…
Vectorworks has the ability to create roofs from polygons and walls, and it has the ability to automatically generate some roofs accessories, but not all the accessories that you might require. For example, Vectorworks will create roofs, facias, and soffits, but it will not create ridge flashings, barge flashings, barge boards,…
Just lately, I have been teaching several users who want to move from using a workflow to using Building Information Modelling (3D workflow). In the past, I had several users who would say “I want to get to the under my belt first then look at 3D.” This suggests that…
(second Draft) Energos is a system in Vectorworks that allows you to look at the overall energy consumption of your project. It includes the summer and winter climate and it uses the building elements in the file to do the calculations. This means that you have to use a full BIM…