SST_1308 – Camera Match
CameraMatch is a huge timesaver. Firstly, CameraMatch saves the time that it would take to model the existing surroundings. Secondly, CameraMatch saves the time it would take to match your current view to a photograph.
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SST_1307 – Customising Vectorworks
- July 11, 2013
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Vectorworks works really well, but if you edit the workspace, and customise the arrangement of the tools and menus you can work faster. Making these changes can save you several minutes a day and it can also make it more pleasant to use. Maybe you could save yourself 5 mins…
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SST_1306 – Drawing Tips and Tricks
- June 7, 2013
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It is tempting to think that you do not need to learn the basics again, you just need to learn the tips and tricks that make Vectorworks quick. Unfortunately, this is not the truth. The truth is that many of these basic concepts are important to drawing productively.
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SST_1305 – Intermediate 3D Modeling
- May 28, 2013
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There are often times where you want to model parts of your design but these parts do not fit easily into the tools you have got. For example, you might need to build an outdoor fireplace, or you might want to put guttering on the edge of your roof, and…
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SST_1304 – Creating Construction Details
- April 6, 2013
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Creating construction details is a major part of your contract documentation. But how should you create these details? Is it possible to use BIM techniques to create all your detailing? For some projects, using BIM techniques will not give the content all the graphic style required for detailing.
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SST_1303 Vectorworks Service Select
- March 7, 2013
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Vectorworks introduced this service a few years ago. The aim of this service is to provide an upgrade each year, a video library, library objects and so on.
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SST_1302 Animations with Vectorworks
- February 26, 2013
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When you present your design you cannot be sure that others are thinking of the same thing that you are. One of the ways around this is to create images of your design, so they can see it from several views. These can be rendered views so your client can…
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SST_1301 – Layers and Classes
- January 15, 2013
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Design layers and classes are the two most important organising concepts that you need to understand in order to create drawings in Vectorworks. I still find some users are confused about when to use a layer and when to us a class to organise their drawings. I use three simple…
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SST_1211 – Stairs
- November 12, 2012
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I’ve spoken to several users that seem to struggle with the stair tools. There there’s more than one stair tool that you can use in Vectorworks. On the Fundamentals and Landmark workspace there is a very useful stair called the Simple Stair, then there is the Custom Stair, and finally…
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SST_1210 – What’s New in Vectorworks 2013
- October 30, 2012
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There are a lot of new things in Vectorworks 2013. Some of these are fixes or enhancements to the current Vectorworks, and some of them are brand new. The new features are going to make working in Vectorworks 2013 substantially faster by improving your workflow.