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I saw a discussion on the Nemetschek North America tech board about design layer viewports or layers links. Watch this to see my opinion.

I was teaching VectorWorks today and showed them this trick, using the ceiling grid to draw hatching on elevations. Hatches can be good for elevations, but if you are using sheet material then try using the Ceiling Grid. The Ceiling grid is fantastic for sheet type cladding because you can…

I’m trying an experiment with uploading my movies to you tube.

With VectorWorks 2008, you can rotate some objects just by using the 2D selection tool. It only works with a few objects, but this movie shows you how this works.

This may seem like a small reason to upgrade, but it’s surprising how quickly I have gotten used to this. When you edit a symbol, group, or other object, you get an orange border and a large orange button that you click on to exit. If you edit a symbol,…

I really like the new Floating Display Bar, sometimes called the Heads Up Display (HUD):It’s easy to find because it’s right where you are drawing.It tries to show the most useful fields first. It’s customisable. On the Mode Bar, or tool bar, there is an arrow pointing to the right….

VectorWorks 2008 looks like it is much more flexible than any of the previous versions of VectorWorks. If you are like me, you like to change the workspace, the tool hot keys and the keyboard shortcuts. Now we can change the view bar.  The standard view bar works well if…

VectorWorks 2008 looks like it is much more flexible than any of the previous versions of VectorWorks. If you are like me, you like to change the workspace, the tool hot keys and the keyboard shortcuts. Now we can change the view bar.  The standard view bar works well if…

You can set a border for a site model easily in VectorWorks 12.5 and 2008.Create a site model. Trace over the site boundary, or some other shape that you want to use as a boundary.Cut the shape that you want to use.Select the Site model. Go to the Menu Bar.Choose…

I’ve never been that concerned with a printout of my keyboard shortcuts, but i know a lot of other people really want a printout of the keyboard shortcuts. When you edit your workspace in VectorWorks 2008 there is an export button that will export your complete workspace to a text…