Vectorworks can create a schedule of the finishes in each room for a project. In order to do this, Vectorworks uses spaces to record the information about each room, meaning that you have to place a space in each room in order to assign the room finishes to it.
Vectorworks can be used for quick 3D modeling. You can use Vectorworks for lighting. If you combine both of these, you can use Vectorworks to create a solar study.
We create drawings so that we can communicate our design with others. Annotation is then a fundamental part of our drawings. Annotation is more than just text, it also includes dimensioning tools, systems of labeling and title blocks, and much more.
Referencing in Vectorworks is the ability to link your current Vectorworks file to an image, PDF, or another Vectorworks file.
Vectorworks is really good at creating a conceptual model, especially for urban design. Vectorworks allows you to import a plan of a city (using shape files) then quickly build the 3-D parts of the city for you to check your urban design against. You can put in a sun, create…
IFC stands for Industry Foundation Classes. The classes referred to in IFC have nothing to do with classes and Vectorworks.
If you use the correct techniques, it can be very quick to create a landscape budget. One of the nice things about Vectorworks is that if you create a landscape budget in one file you can then save this to your user folder and have it available on every project…
Setting up your layers correctly is essential if you want to use Vectorworks for BIM. Vectorworks 2012 has a new organizing concept called Stories which will require you to think carefully about how you organise your project into layers and stories.
BIM stands for Building Information Model. However, this is only part of its meaning. The advantages of BIM are that it that you can visualize the design earlier, it is faster to create drawings, changes to one area can automatically update on the drawings, and some objects can be linked…
You may not want to upgrade, you may not be able to afford to upgrade, but I still think you should read about what is new in Vectorworks 2012. There are several important changes to 3D modeling that will change the way you think about 3D modeling. Amongst them are…