• Vectorworks Tips 453 – Workflows – Creating Symbols For Efficiency

    Most users are able to create symbols, and all users should be able to use symbols. Symbols are relatively small repeatable objects, and most Vectorworks users use symbols to speed up the drawing process. There are two workflows for using symbols: a quick workflow versus an inefficient workflow. Some users…

  • Vectorworks Tips 452 – Workflows – Title Blocks

    Your workflow is the way that you work, the way that you use a tool or technique and then move on to the next tool or technique. As Vectorworks changes and updates every year, you need to keep an eye on your workflows to ensure that you are using the…

  • Vectorworks Tips 451 – Workflows 1

    Your workflow is the way that you work, the way that you move from one tool or technique to the next. Your way of working is probably a series of workflows. Take editing a viewport as an example. When you want to edit a viewport, you can right-click on it…

  • Landscape Special Interest Group October 2017 pm

      In this session, we looked at unwrapping a box with a lid, applying textures to hardscapes, constructing stairs with stair tools other than the standard Vectorworks stair, and adding custom colors.

  • Landscape Special Interest Group October 2017 am

      In this session, we looked at exporting DWG files, ensuring that new classes have the visibility that you want, managing your saved view settings, attaching images to plant tags, and changing your Callout Tool preferences.

  • Getting Started Special Interest Group October 2017

    In this session, we looked at an easy way to import classes, the ease of controlling a title block symbol through the Sheet Border Tool, and the power of the Fit Walls to Object command…. There is some valuable content here that you are missing out on. It is only…...

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  • 3D Modeling Special Interest Group – October 2017

    In this session, we covered matching the 3D look of slab objects with their 2D look, editing Extrude Along Path objects, modifying the lighting and rendering settings, and using some of the 3D Power Pack tools and Subdivision Modeling tools.

  • Interactive Workshops July 2017 – Importing

    Vectorworks has several options for importing objects and files into your Vectorworks projects. These options allow you to import drawings from other computer systems, 3D models, images, PDFs, and other proprietary file types. This means that you can use the Internet to locate useful parts or useful models for your projects…

  • Vectorworks Baseboard Plug-in

    I was sent information about this new plug-in for Vectorworks. It creates baseboards (or skirtings) for Vectorworks. This is the same guy that created the Foliage tool, which is now part of Vectorworks. It looks like its highly editable, and you can use a symbol for the profile. This means…