Site modeling may look complicated, but it can be made easier if you understand what a site model can do, and how it works. that way you won’t expect ti to do things it can not do. You can create a site model using a few different methods and once…
Framing and Framing Tools. This manual will be looking at the framing tools and commands that are available in Vectorworks.
It is easy enough to create a drawing with lines, but that does not make the drawing easy to read. Using colors and graphics will help others to read your drawings. In many cases, making your drawings easier to read will help your clients to understand the drawings, it will…
I think rendering is one the fun parts of Vectorworks. Appropriate rendering will bring your buildings and objects to life, but without good lighting, all your good work will be wasted. A clever lighting design will even make a dull model come to life.
Textures have changed dramatically with Vectorworks 2011. Most of the tricks that you know from earlier versions of Vectorworks need to be re-learned. Textures in Vectorworks can make your designs come to life.
Productivity is about producing more in the same time. When we talk about productivity in Vectorworks, that might be drawing quicker, and it might also be learning a new technique.
Site Area Analysis. In this workshop, we will look at starting a domestic project. In the first part of the exercise, we will be looking at a small site, and we will analyze the area of the site and the area of the house using a worksheet.
This is a case study on creating a 3D model of a swimming pool, and using the model to create plans, sections, and details. We will model the swimming pool, in 3D. You could use the model to create planes, sections and details (but this isn’t in the notes). We…
Drawing a commercial joinery unit, like a mid-floor display unit for a retail store. We will learn about 3d modeling, using pre-Vectorworks 2011 methods and the, faster ways in Vectorworks 2011.
There are several annotation tools in Vectorworks. There are the fundamental tools like the text tool, dimensions, and so on. But there are several other tools that you may not use, because you do not know they are there. That’s what this manual is about.